2'3S THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING- 



in : they frequently look on him as a successor, and thefc- 

 fore do not very readily admit him into the kennel j )^et, in 

 my opinion, it is necessary that he should go thither j for he 

 ought to be well acquainted with the hounds, who should 

 know and follow him, as well as the huntsman. 



To recapituhte what I have already said — If your 

 whipper-in be bold and adive ; be a good and careful 

 horseman ; have a good ear, and a clear voice ; if, as I 

 said, he be a very Mungo^ having, at the same time, judg- 

 ment to distinguish where he can be of most usej if, join- 

 ed to diese, he be above the foolish conceit of killing a 

 fox without the huntsman ; but, on the contrary, be dis- 

 posed to assist him all he can — he then is a pertedl whip- 

 per-in, 



I AM sorry to hear that )'our hounds are so unsteady. 

 Jt is scarcely possible to have sport Vv'ith unsteady hounds : 

 they are half tired before the fox is found, and are not to 

 be depended upon afterwards. It is a great pleasure, when a 

 hound challenges, to be certain that he is right: it is a cruel 

 disappointment to hear a rate immediately succeed it, and 

 th? smacking of whips, instead of halloos of encourage- 



