tllOUGHTS ITPON HITNTING. 32*! 



tliofe who do know any thing of it are either 

 fervants that cannot write, or country gentlemen 

 who will not give themfelves the trouble. How- 

 ever, I have met with foine curious remarks which 

 I cannot help communicating to you. One author 

 tells us, that " courting is more agreeable than 

 " hunting, hecaufe it is foonsr over:'^ — " that a 

 *• terrier is a inurgrel greyhound z'' — and '^ that' 

 *' dogs have often coughs from eating fifli honest* 



Another (a French author) advifes us to give a 

 liorfe, after hunting, " a foup made of bread and 

 *• wine, and an onion."- — I tear an Englilli groqna 

 would eat the onion, and drink the wine. 



The fame author has alfo a very particular 



method of catching rabbits, which you will pleax^b 



k> take in his own words, he calls it — Chajfe du 



Japin a Vccrevijfe. '* Cette chafje convient aux per- 



*^ fonnes qui ne veulent employer ni furets ni armes a 



'^^ feic : on tend des poches d'une extremite d^in ter- 



** rier, et a l' autre on gliJJ'e une ecreviffe\ cet animal 



" arrive peu-a-feu au fond de la retraite du lapin^ 



" le pique, sy attache avec tant de force, qus h 



*^ quadrupede efl oblige de fuir, emportant avec lui 



" fo7i ennend, et vient fe fair e prendre dans le filet 



*' qu'on lui a tendu a Vouverture du terrier. Cette 



V^ chaffe demnnde heaucoup de patience: les opera^ 



^' tions de T ecreviffe font lentes, mais aufji ellesfont 



^^ quelqjie fois plus fures que celles dufuret*^ 



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