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selves, and are not easily broken of it. — Having said all thai 

 1 can at present recollect of the duty of a whipper-in, X 

 shall now proceed to give you a further account of thai of 

 a huntsman. What has already been said on the subje<fl 

 of drawing and casting, related to the fox-chase described 

 in a former Letter. Much, without doubt, is still left to 

 say : and I will endeavour, as well as 1 am able, to supply 

 the deficiency, by considering, firstj in what manner he 

 should draw ; and, afterwards,r how he should cast hi* 

 hounds. 



The fixings a day of two before-hand, upon the cover inl 

 which yoii intend to hunt, is a great hindrance to sport 

 in fox-hunting. You, that have the whole country to 

 yourself, and can hunt on either side of your house, as 

 you please j should never (when you can help it) deter- 

 mine on your place of hunting, till you see what the wea- 

 ther is likely to be *. The most probable means to have 

 good chases, is to choose your country accoi?ding to the 

 Dyind. 



^ When the scent lies badly, small covers, or those In which a foX can- 

 not move unseen, axe most favourable to hounds. In such covers, good 

 sportsmen will kill foxes in aljaost any weather. 



