^^O THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



the fox 15 not gone on ; the hounds fhould try 

 on both Udes the road at once : if he perceive 

 that they try on one fide only, let him try the 

 other;, on his return. 



When hounds are running in cover, If a liuntf- 

 man fhonld fee a fox come into a road, and caiv. 

 not fee which way he turns afterward?, let him 

 i^and Hill, and fay nothing. If he ride on, he 

 mufl ride over the fcent ; and if he encourage 

 the hounds, they, moil probably, would run be- 

 yond it. 



Wide ridings, cut through large woods, render 



them lefs exceptionable to fportfmen than they 

 otherwife might be ; yet I do not think that they 

 are of fcrvice to hounds : — they are taught to 

 fhuffle ; and, the fox being frequently headed 

 back, they are put to many faults : — the roads are 

 foiled by the horfes, and the hounds often inter- 

 rupted by the horfemen : — fuch ridings only are 

 advantageous, as enable the fervants belonging 

 to the hounds to jret to them. 



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If a fox fhould run up the wind, when firil 

 found, and afterwards turn, he wnll feldom, if 

 ever turn again. This obfervation may not only 

 be of ufe to your huntfman in his cafl, but may 

 be of ufe to yourfelf, if you Ihould lofe the 

 hounds. 



