54 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING* 



quired of them ; ancl particularly, when cast, to turn easH/ 

 which way the huntsman pleases*. 



I WAS told the other day by a sportsman, that h^ 

 considers the management of hounds as a regular sys- 

 tem of education, from the time when they are first 

 taken into the kennel : I perfedly agree with this gen- 

 tleman ; and am w^ll convinced, that if you expecS 

 £n.2;acity in your hound when he is old, you must be 

 mindful what instruction he receives from you in his 

 youth ; for as he is, of all animals, the most docile, 

 he is also most liable to bad habits. A diversity of 

 charadter, constitution, and disposition, are to be ob- 

 served amongst them ; which, to be made the most of, 

 must be carefully attended to, and differently treated. 

 I do not pretend to have succeeded in it myself; yet 

 you will perceive, perhaps, that I have given it some at- 

 tention. 



* My hounds are frequently walked about the courts of the kennel, the 

 whipper-in following them, and rateing them after the huntsman : this, 

 and the sending them out (after they have been fed) with the people on 

 foot, contribute greatly to make them handy. 



