^5^ THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



When he goes to a halloo, let him be carsfiu 

 left his hounds run the heel, as much time is loft 

 by it. I once faw this miftake made by a fa^ 

 moub huntfman : — after we had left a cover, 

 which we had been drawing, a difturbed fox was 

 feen to go into it ; he was hallooed, and we re- 

 turned. The huntfman, who never inquired 

 where the fox was feen, or on ivlnchfide the cover 

 he entered, threw his hounds in at random ; and^, 

 as it happened, on the oppofite ftde : they im- 

 mediately took the heel of him, broke cover, and 

 hunted the fcent back to his very kennek 



Different countries require different cafts: fuch 

 huntfmen as have been ufed to a woodland, and 

 iiiclofed country, I have feen lofe time in an open 

 country, where wide caft'S arc always neccff'ary. 



When you want to caft round a flock of fheep, 

 the whipper-in ought to drive them the other 

 way, left they fhould keep running on before 

 you. 



A fox feldom goes over or under a gate when 

 he can avoid it. 



Huntfmen are frequently very conceited, and 

 very obftinate. Oftentimes have I feen them, 

 when their hounds came to a check, turn dire6ily 

 back on feeing hounds at head which they had 



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