THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 1'^'^ 



The getting forward the tail hounds, is a necessary part 

 of fox-hunting, in which you will find a good whipper-in 

 of the greatest use. He must also get forward himself at 

 times, when the huntsman is not with the hounds ^ but 

 the second whipper-in (who frequently is a young lad, 

 ignorant of his business) on no account ought to encou- 

 rage or rate a hound, but when he is quite certain that 

 it is right to do it ; nor is he ever to get forward, so long 

 as a single hound remains behind. 



Halloo forward, is certainly a necessary and a good hallooj 

 but is it not used too indiscriminately ? — it is forever in 

 the mouth of a whipper-in. If your hounds be never used 

 to that halloo till after a fox be found, you will see them 

 fly to it. At other times, other halloos will answer the pur- 

 pose of getting them on as well. Halloo forward being used 

 as soon as the game is on foot, it seems as if another halloo 

 were necessary, to denote the breaking cover. Azvay! away! 

 might answer that purpose. Gentlemen who are kind 

 enough to stop back to assist hounds, should have ftoticQ 

 given them when the hounds leave the cover. 



Most huntsmen, I believe, are jealous of the whipper- 



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