^6 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING/ 



cannot complain. He should be one who will strictly 

 obey any orders that you may give, as well with regard 

 to the management as to the breeding of the hounds; 

 and should not be solely under the diredion of your 

 huntsman. It is true, I have seen it otherwise : I have 

 known a pack of hounds belong, as it were, entirely to 

 the huntsman .; a stable of horses belong to the groom ; 

 while the master had little more power in the diredion of 

 cither, than a perfed stranger. This you will not allow. 

 1 know that you choose to keep the supreme command 

 in your own hands ; and, though you permit your servants 

 to remonstrate, you do not suffer them to disobey. — He 

 who allows a huntsman to manage iiis hounds without 

 control, literally keeps them for the huntsman's amuse- 

 ment. — You desire to know v>'hat is required of a feeder: 

 1 will tell you as well as 1 can. 



As our sport depends entirely on that exquisite sense of 

 smelling so peculiar to the hound, care must be taken to 

 preserve it ; and cleanliness is the surest means. The 

 keeping your kennel szveet and clean, cannot therefore be 

 too much recommended to the feeder ; nor should you on 



