THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. I9 



in Italy, by Pignatelii ; in Germany, by Isenbourg ; and 

 in France, by La Gueriniere. Nor are the useful lessons 

 of the Duke of Newcastle confined to this country only ; 

 they are both read and pradlised every where : nor is he 

 the onl}' noble lord who has written on the subje<fV — while, 

 upon hunting, all are silent : and were it not for the muse 

 of Somerville, who has so judiciously and so sweetly sung, 

 the dog, that useful, that honest, that faithful, that dis- 

 interested, that entertaining animal, would be suffered to 

 pass unnoticed and undistinguished. 



A NORTHERN court, indeed, did honour this animal 

 with a particular mark of approbation and respe(5l ; but 

 the fidelity of the dog has since given place to the sagacity 

 of the elephant*. Naturalists, it is true, have included 

 dogs in the specific descriptions that they have given us of 

 animals. Authors may have written on hunting, and 

 booksellers may know many who to sportsmen are un- 

 known J but I again repeat, that I know not any writer, 

 ancient or modern, from the time of Nimrod to the pre- 



* Vide Mr. Pope's Letter to Mr. Cromwell, 



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