THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 245 



I remember another huntfman lilcnt from a 

 different caufe; this was a falky one. Things 

 did not go on to pleafe him; he therefore alighted 

 from his horfe in the middle of a wood, and, as 

 quietly as he could, collc61ed his hounds about 

 liim ; he then took an opportunity, when tlie 

 coaft was clear, to fet of^' filcntly, and by him- 

 Iclf, for another cover : however his mafler, who 

 knew his tricks, lent others after him to bring 

 him back ; they found him running a fox mcfl 

 merrily, and, to his great aftonifhment, they 

 ftopped the hounds, and made him go back along 

 with them. This fellow had often been ieveroly 

 beaten, but \yas ftubborn and fulky to the iaft. 



To give you an idea before I quit tiiis fubjecl, 

 how little (bme people know of fox-hunting, I 

 mutl: tell you, tliat not long ago a gentleman 

 afked me if I did not fend people out ihe day he^ 

 fore to find where the foxes lay. 



What relates to the calling of hpunds fliall be 

 tlie fubjedt of my next letter. 



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