44 THOUGHTS UPON HUNIING. 



LETTER HI. 



i BEGIN this Letter with assuring you that I have 

 done with the kennel: without doubt, you will think I 

 JiaQ need. If 1 have made even the name frightful to 

 you, comfort yourself with the thoughts that it will nofe 

 appear again* 



Your criticism on my switches I think unjust. You 

 tell me, that self-defence would of course m.ake you take 

 that precaution. Do you always walk with a whip in your 

 hand ? — or do you think that a walking-stick, which may 

 be a good thing to knock a dog on the head with, would be 

 equally proper to correcl him, should he be too familiar? 

 You forget, however, to put a better substitute in the room 

 of them. 



You desire to know what kind of hound I would re- 

 commend. As you mention not for any particular chace, 

 or country, I understand you generally j and shall answer. 



