202 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



is headed back into a cover. Hounds that are not 

 under good command, subje6l )^ou to many inconve- 

 niencies ; and you may, at times, be obliged to go 

 out of your way, or be made to draw a cover against 

 your will. A famous pack of hounds in my neighbour- 

 hood, I mean the late Lord C n's, had no fault 



but what had its rise from bad mana2;ement : nor is it 

 possible to do any thing with a pack of fox-hounds, unless 

 they be obedient ; they should both love and fear the 

 huntsman : they should fear him much, yet they should 

 love him more. Without doubt, hounds would do more 

 for the huntsman, if they loved him better. Dogs that are 

 constantly with their masters, acquire a wonderful deal of 

 penetration ; and much may be done through the medium 

 of their aifedions. 1 attribute the extraordinary sagacity 

 of the buck-hound to the manner in which he is treated : 

 he is the constant companion of his instrudor and bene- 

 fador ; the man whom he was first taught to fear, and has 

 since learned to love. Ought we to wonder that he should 

 be obedient to him. ? — Yet who can view without surprize, 

 the hounds and the deer amusing themselves familiarly to- 

 gether upon the same lavv^n ; living, as it were, in the most 

 friendly intercourse i and know that a word from the 



