THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 1^^ 



capped and hallooed as near to the hare as possible : by this 

 time the poor devil is near her end, which the next view 

 generally finishes; the strongest hare, in this manner, seldom 

 standing twenty minutes. But my friend says, a hare is 

 good eating, and he therefore thinks that he cannot kill too 

 many of them. By what Martial says, I suppose he was of 

 the same opinion : 



** Inter quadfupedes gloria prima lepus." 



A-propos to eating them — I must tell you, that in the 

 Encydopediei a book of universal knowledgCj where, of 

 course, I expeded to find something on hunting, which 

 it might be of service to you, as a sportsmanj to know, 

 I found the following advice about the dressing of a 

 hare, which may be of use to your cook j and the regard 

 I have for your health v;ill not suffer me to conceal it 

 from you : — " On fnange le levraut roti dans quelqiies provinces 

 ** du royaume, en Gascogne et en Languedoc, par exemple^ avec 

 ** une sauce composee de vinaigre et de sucre, qui est mauvaise^ 

 ** malsatne eri soi essentiellejnent, mats qui est surtout ahomi- 

 ** nable pour ious ceiix qui ny sont pas accoutumes.''* — You, 

 without doubt, therefore, will think yourself obliged to 



