228 THOtJGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



will lie till the hounds come clofe upon him. — 

 Having drawn one cover, let your huntitnan ilay 

 for his hounds, and take them along with him to 

 another : I have known hounds find a fox after 

 the huntfman had left the cover. The whippers- 

 in are not to be fparing of their whips, or voices 

 on this occafion, and are to come through the 

 middle of the cover, to be certain that they leave 

 no hounds behind. 



A huntfman will complain of hounds for flay- 

 ing behind in cover. — It is a great fault, and 

 makes the hound addicted to it of but little value ; 

 yet this fault frequently is occafioned by the 

 liuntfman*s own mifmanagement. Having drawn 

 one cover, he hurries away to another, and leaves 

 the whipper-in to bring on the hounds after him ; 

 but the whipper-in is feldom lefs dclirous of get- 

 ting forward than the huntfman ; and, unlcfs they 

 come ofFeafily, it is not often that he will give 

 himfelf much concern about them. Hounds alfo 

 that are left too long at their walks, will acquire 

 this trick from hunting" by themfelves, and are 

 not eafily broken of it. — Having faid all tliat I can 

 at prefent recolle^i of the duty of a whipper-in, 

 1 fhall now proceed to give you a further account 

 of that of a huntfman. What has already been 

 faid on the fubje6t of drcrjj'ing and cqfi'mg, related 

 to the fox-chace defcribed in a former letter.— 

 Much, without doubt, is ftill left to fay ; and I 

 3 will 



