lyS tHOUdHTS UPON HUNTING. 



Mark how he runs the cover's utmost hmits, yet dares not 

 venture forth : the hounds are stili too near ! — That check 

 is luck)'. Now, if our friends head him not, he will soon 

 be off. Hark, they halloo I— l|^ilfe,«^44ifo's gone \ 



-H~jrk ! what load shoufi 



Re-echo through the groves ! he breaks away : 



Shrill horns proclaim his flight. Each straggling hound 



Strains o'er the lawn to reach the distant pack. 



'Tis triumph all, and joy." SaMERViLLE". 



Now, huntsman, get on with the head hounds ^ the whip- 

 per-in will bring on the others after you: keep an att'en- 

 tive eye on the leading hounds, that, should the scent fail 

 them, you may know at least how far they brought it. 



Mi^D Galloper, how he leads tlum ! — It is difficult to 

 distinguish which is first, they run in such a stile ; yet he 

 is the foremost hound : the goodness of his nose is not 

 less excellent than his speed. How he carries the scent ! 

 and, wlien he loses it, see how eagerly he flings to recover 

 it again ! — There, now he's at head again l^See how they 

 top the hedge ! — Now, how they mount the" hill ! — 

 Observe what a head they carry j and shew me, if thou 

 can'st, one shuffler or skirter amongst them all. Are they 



