^6 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



they are to pursue : an obstinate deviation from it after- 

 wards is never pardoned. — It is an observation of tlie Mar- 

 chese Beccaria, that " La certezza di un castigo, benche 

 ' moderato, fara sempre una maggiore impressione, che 

 " non il timorc di un altro piu terribile, unito colla 

 " speranza, della 'iinpunita." 



When my young hounds arc taken out to air, my 

 huntsman takes them into that country in which they are 

 designed to hunt. It is attended with this advantage : 

 they acquire a knowledge of the country, and, when left 

 behind at any time, cannot fail to find their way home 

 more easily. 



"When they begin to hunt, they are first taken into a. 

 large cover" of my own, which has many ridings cut in it, 

 and where j^oung foxes are turned out every year on 

 purpose for them. Here they are taught the scent that 

 they are to follow, are encouraged to pursue it, and are 

 stopped from every other. Here they are blooded to fox. 

 I must also tell you, that, as foxes are plentiful in this 

 cover, the principal earth is not stopped 3 and the foxes 



