1^4 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING, 



With regard to the whipper-in, as you keep two of 

 them (and no pack of fox-hounds is complete without), 

 the first may be considered as a second huntsman, and 

 should have nearly the same good qualities. It is necesr 

 sary, besides, that he should be attentive and obedient to 

 the huntsman j and, as his horse will probably have most 

 to do, the lighter he is, the better ; though, if he be a good 

 horseman, the objedion of his weight will be sufEciently 

 overbalanced. He must not be conceited. I had one 

 formerly, who, instead of stopping hounds as he ought, 

 would try to kill a fox by himself. This fault is unpar- 

 donable : he should always maintain to the huntsman's 

 halloo, and stop such hounds as divide from it. When 

 stopped, he should get forward with them after the 

 huntsman. 



He must always be contented to aft an under part, 

 except when circumstances may require that he should 

 a6t otherwise*; and the moment they cease, he must not 

 fail to resume his former station. You have heard me 



* When the huntsman cannot be up with the hounds, the whipper-in 

 should ; in which case, it is the business of the huntsman to bring on th? 

 tail hounds along with him. 



