1.66 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



pack. I do not know that a complete concert could 

 be attained -, but It would be easy to prevent discordant 

 sounds. 



Keep no hound that runs false : the loss of one hare is 

 more than such a dog is worth. 



It is but reasonable to give your hounds a hare some- 

 times : I always gave mine the last they killed, if I thought 

 they deserved her. 



It is too much the custom, first to ride over a dog, 

 and then cry, ^ware horse! — Take care not to ride over your 

 hounds : 1 have known many a good dog spoiled by it. 

 In open ground, caution them first j you may afterwards 

 ride over them, if you please ; but, in roads and paths, 

 they frequently cannot get out of your way : it surely, 

 then, is your business, either to stop your horse, or break 

 a way for them ; and the not doing it, give me leave to 

 say, is not less absurd than cruel ; nor can that man be 

 called a good sportsman, who thus wantonly destroys his 

 own sport. Indeed, good sportsmen seldom ride on the 

 line of the tail hounds. 



