THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. I_53 



guinea for a single hare. I myself have paid five shillings 

 in a morning, for hares found sitting. To make our com- 

 panions pay dearly for their diversion, and oftentimes so 

 much more than it is worth ; to take from the pockets 

 of men, who oftentimes can ill afford it, as much as would 

 pay for a good dinner afterwards, is, in my opinion, an 

 ungenerous custom ; and this consideration induced me 

 to collecfl but once, with my own hounds, for the hare- 

 finders. The money was afterwards divided amongst them; 

 and if they had less than half-a-crown each, i myself sup- 

 plied the deficiency. — An old miser who had paid his shil- 

 ling, complained bitterly of it afterwards ; and said, " He 

 ** bad been made to pay a shilling for two ■pennyworth of 

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When the game is found, you cannot be too quiet. 

 The hare is an animal so very timorous, that she is fre- 

 quently headed back, and your dogs are liable to over- 

 run the scent at every instant. It is best, therefore, to 

 keep a considerable way behind them, that they may have 

 room to turn, as soon as they perceive they have lost the 

 scent s and, if treated in this manner, they will seldom 

 wer-run it much. Your hounds, through the wl^le 



