THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 277 



My huntfraan is very exadl ; he carries always 

 a lift of his hounds in his pocket, and when in a 

 diftant country', he looks it over to fee if any of 

 them be miffing. He has alfo a book, in which 

 he keeps a regular account where every fox is 

 found, and where he is killed. 



Your huntftnan, you fay, knows perfe6rly the 

 country he has to hunt ; let him then acquire as 

 perfect a knowledge of his hounds : good fenfe 

 and obfervation will do the reft, at leaft will do 

 as much as you feem to require of him ; for I am 

 glad to find that you had rather depend upon the 

 goodnefs of your hounds for fport than the genius 

 of your huntfman. It is, I believe, a much furer 

 dependance. 



Ta LET 



