THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING*. i^I 



answer the purpose perhaps as well. Mine is cut out into 

 many walks : a smaller warren should have only oney and 

 that round the outside of it.- No dog should ever be suf- 

 fered to go into it; and traps should be constantly set for 

 stoats and pole-cats. It is said, that parsley makes hares 

 strong; they certainly are very fond of eating it; it therefore 

 cannot be amiss to sow some within the warren, as it may 

 be a means of keeping your hares more at home. 



I HAD once some conversation with a gentleman about 

 the running of my trap- hares, who said he had been told 

 that catching a hare, and tying a piece of ribbon to her ear, 

 was a sure way to make her run straight — I make no doubt 

 of it ; and so would a canister tied to her tail. 



I AM sorry that you should think 1 began my first Letter 

 on the subjeft of hare-hunting in a manner that might of- 

 fend any of my brother-sportsmen. It was not hare-hunt- 

 ing that 1 meant to depreciate, but the country I had hunt- 

 ed hare in. It is good diversion in a good country : you are 

 always certain of sport ; and if you really love to see your 

 hounds 'hunt, the hare, when properly hunted, will shew you 

 more of it than any other animal. 



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