THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. I9C 



a pack must be wretched indeed, that can stand in need of 

 such assistance. 



There is infinite pleasure in hearing a fox well found. 

 When you get up to his kennel with a good drag, the [ 

 chorus increasing as you go, it inspires a joy, more easy 

 to be felt than described. With regard to my own sen- ' 

 sations, I would rather hear one fox found in this lively man- 

 ner, than ride the best hare-chase that was ever run. 



Much depends on the first finding of your fox : dimi- 

 dinmfa£iij qui bene ccepit, habet^ which we learned at West- 

 minster, is verified here ; for I look upon a fox well 

 found to be half killed. I think people generally are i 

 in too great a hurry on this occasion. There is an enthu- 

 siasm attending this diversion, which, in this instance in 

 particular, ought always to be restrained*. The hounds 

 are always mad enough when they find their fox ; if the 

 men be also mad, they make mad work of it indeed. — 

 A gentleman of my acquaintance, who hunts his own 



* There are but few instances where sportsmen are not too noisy and 

 too fond of encouraging their hounds, which seldom do their business so 

 well as when little is said to them. 



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