THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. l^t 



your gallop, the waiting long in the cold afterwards, is, I 

 believe, as unwholesome as it is disagreeable. Whoever 

 does not mind this, had better let his hounds find their own^ 

 game * they will certainly hunt it with more spirit after- 

 wards ; and he will have a pleasure himself in expeflation, 

 which no certainty can eVer give. Hare-finders make 

 hounds idle : they also make them wild. Mine knew the 

 men as well as I did myself ^ could see them almost as 

 far 5 and would run, full cry, to meet them. Hare- 

 finders are of one great use : they hinder your hounds 

 from chopping hares, which they otherwise could not fail 

 to do. 1 had in my pack one hound in particular, that was 

 famous for it : he would challenge on a trail very late at 

 noon, and had a good knack at chopping a hare after- 

 wards : he was one that liked to go the shortest way to 

 work J nor did he choose to take more trouble than was 

 necessary. Is it not wonderful that the trail of a hare 

 should lie after so many hours, when the scent of her dies 

 away so soon ? 



Hares are said (I know not with what truth) to fore- 

 see a change of weather, and to seat themselves accord- 

 ingly. This is, however, certain, that they are seldom 



