296 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



him. I remember once to have hunted a bag-fox 

 with a gentleman, who not thinkhig thefe advan- 

 tages enough, poured a whole bottle of anifoed 

 on the fox's back : I cannot fay that ] could 

 have hunted the fox, but I affbre you I could 

 very cafiiy have hunted the anijeed. Is it to be 

 ex].e'^~^fcd, that the fame hounds will have patience 

 to iiarit a cold fcent the next day o'er greafy fal- 

 lov'. s, t'lrough flocks of fheep, or on fi^ony roads?. 

 However capable they maybe of doing it, I fliould 

 mu 1. aoubt their giving themfelves the trouble. 

 If, notwilhiianding tliefe objc6lions, you ftill 

 chute ro turn one out, turn him into a fmaU co- 

 ver, give him what time you judge necefTary, and 

 lay on your hounds as quietly as you can ; and, 

 if it be poflible, let tlicin think tliey find him. — 

 If you turn out a fox for blood, I fliould, in that 

 cafe, prefer the turning him into a large cover, 

 firit drawing it well to prevent a change. The 

 hounds fhould then find him themfelves, and the 

 iboncT he is killed the better. Fifteen or twenty 

 minutes is as long as I fhould ever wifli a ba<r~ 

 iKs^ti to run that is defigned for blood — the hounds 

 fhoilld then go home. 



Bag-foxes always run dov^^n the wind ; fuch 

 fportfmen, therefore, as chufe to turn them out, 

 may at the fame time chufe what country they 

 ihall run. Foxes that are found do not follow 

 this rule invariably. Strong earths and large 



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