3^4 tHOUGHTS UPON HtJNTING<, 



*' aftefA^^ards." — He is, without doubt, of the same opinion 

 with a fat old gentleman that I one day overtook upon 

 the road, who, after having asked me, " How many foxes 

 " we usually killed in one day ?" and ** Why I did not hunt 

 ** hare rather than fox, as she was better to eat ?" — con- 

 cluded with saying, '* There is but one part of hunting I 

 " likes^ — // fnakes one very hungry, ^^ 



There are two things which I particularly recommend 

 to you; — the one is, to make your hounds steady j the 

 other, to m.ake them all draw. Many huntsmen are fond 

 of having them at their horse's heels ^ but, believe me, 

 they never get so well, or so soon, together, as when 

 they spread the cover : besides, I have often known, 

 when there have been only a few fmders, that they have 

 found their fox, gone down the wind, and been heard of 

 no more that day. 



Never take out an unsteady old hound : young ones, 

 properly awed from riot, and that will stop at a rate, may 

 be put into the pack, a few at a time ; but an old hound 

 that is vitious should not escape hanging : let him be 

 ever so good in other respeds, 1 will not excuse him ; for 



