THOl'GHTS UPON HUNTING. tZp^ 



covers are great inducements, and it is no incoii- 

 liderable wind that will keep foxes from them. 

 A gentleman, who never hunts, being on a vilit 

 to a friend of his in the country, who hunts a 

 great deal, heard him talk frequently of hag-foxes% 

 as he was unwilling to betray his ignorance, his 

 difcretion and curiolity kept him for fome time 

 \\\ fufpenfe; till, at laft, he could not refrain from 

 afking " what kind of animal a hag-fox was ? — 

 and if it was not " a Jpecies of fox j^ecuTiar to tlm$ 

 country ? 



A pack of hounds having run a fox to ground 

 Immediately after they had found him, he was 

 digged and turned out again ; and that the ope- 

 ration of turning him out might be better per- 

 formed, the mafter of the hounds undertook it 

 himfelf. You will hardly believe me when 1 tell 

 you, that he forgot the place where he turned 

 him out, and they never once hit upon the fcent. 



If you breed up cubs, you will find a fox- 

 court neceflary : they fhould be kept there till 

 they are large enough to take care of themfelves. 

 It ought to be open at the top and walled in : I 

 need not tell you that it mull be every way well 

 fecured, and particularly the floor of it, which 

 muft be either bricked or paved. A few boards 

 fitted to the corners will alfo be of ufe to flielter 

 and to hide them. Foxes ought to be kept veiy 



clean^ 



