IJO THOUGHTS UPON HUNTlKG* 



Gloomy, disconsolate ; with speed remove 

 The poor infeftious wretch, and in strong chains 

 Bind him suspefted. Thus that dire disease, 

 "Which art can't cure, wise caution may prevent." 



Plenty of water, whey, greens, physic, air, and exercise, 

 such as I have before mentioned, have hitherto preserved 

 my kennel from its baneful influence ; and, without doubt, 

 you will also find their good effedls* If, notwithstanding, 

 you should at any time have reason to suspedt the approach 

 cf this evil, let your hounds be well observed at the time 

 when they feed : there will be no danger while they can 

 eat. Should a whole pack be in the same predicament, 

 they must be chained Up separately : and 1 should be very- 

 cautious what ejfperiment 1 tried to cure them i for 1 have 

 been told by those who have had madness in their kennels, 

 and who have drenched their hounds to cure it, that it 

 was the occasion of its breaking out a long time after- 

 wards, and that it continued to do so as long as they 

 gave them any thing to put it off. If a few dogs only 

 have been bitten, you had better hang them. If you sus- 

 pedt any, you had better separate them from the rest ; and 

 a short time, if you use no remedy, will determine whether 

 they really v/ere bitten, or not. Should you, however, be 



