*44 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



plenty of water, without any trouble of fetching it ; and 

 a thorough air throughout the kennels, to assist in drying 

 them again. Should you choose to increase your number 

 of servants in the stable, the business of the feeder may 

 be confined entirely to the kennel. There should be 

 always two to feed hounds properly ; the feeder and the 

 huntsman. 



SoMERviLLE strongly recommends cleanliness in the fol-* 

 lowing lines : 



*' O'er all let cleanliness preside ; no scraps 

 Bestrew the pavement, and no half-pick'd bones, 

 To kindle fierce debate, Or to disgust 

 That nieer sense, on which the sportsman's hope, 

 And all his future triumphs, must depend. 

 Soon as the growling pack with eager joy- 

 Have lapp'd their smoking viands, morn or eve. 

 From the full cistern lead the duftile streams. 

 To wash thy court well pav'd ; nor spare thy pains. 

 For much to health will cleanliness avail. 

 Seek'st thou for hounds to climb the rocky steep. 

 And brush th' entangled covert, whose nice scent 

 O'er greasy fallows, and frequented roads, 

 Can pick the dubious way ? — banish far off 

 Each noisome stench ; let no offensive smell 

 Invade thy wide inclosure, but admit 

 The nitrous air and purifying breeze." 



