1^4 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



^ chase, should be left almost entirely to themselves; nor 



\ should they be hallooed much. When the hare doubles, 



they should hunt through those doubles ^ nor is a hare 



hunted fairly when hunted otherwise. — They should fol- 



' low her every step she takes, as well over greasy fallows 



as through flocks of sheep ; nor should they ever be cast, 



but when nothing can be done without it. I know a 



gentleman, a pleasant sportsman, but a very irregular 



hare-hunter, who does not exa<flly follow the method here 



laid down. As his method is very extraordinary, I v^ill 



relate it to you: — His hounds are large and fleet; they 



have at times hunted every thing; red deer, fallow deer, 



fox, and hare ; and must in their nature have been most 



excellent ; since, notwithstanding the variety of their 



game, they are still good. When a hare is found sitting, 



he seldom fails to give his hounds a view ; and as the 



men all halloo, and m.ake what noise they can, she is half 



frightened to death immediately. This done, he then 



sends his whipper-in to ride after her, with particular 



direftions not to let her get out of his sight : and he has 



found out that this is the only proper use of a whipper-in. 



Jf they come to a piece of fallow, or a flock of sheep, 



the hounds are not suffered to hunt any longer, but are 



