2156 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING* 



himself is gone on with the pack ; the punishment over, let 

 him again encourage the hound to come to him. Hounds 

 that are riotous in cover, and will not come off readily to 

 the huntsman's halloo, shoqid be flogged in the cover, ra- 

 ther than out of it : — treated in this manner, you will not 

 find any difficulty in getting your hounds off'; otherwise, 

 they will soon find that the cover will save them ; from 

 whence they will have more sense, when they have commit- 

 ted an offence, than to come to receive punishment. A fa- 

 vourite hound, that has acquired a habit of staying back in 

 large covers, had better not be taken into them. 



I AM more particular than I otherwise should have been, 

 upon a supposition that your hounds draw ill -, however, you 

 need not observe all the cautions that I have given, unless 

 your hounds require them. 



Some art may be necessary, to make the most of the 

 country that you hunt. 1 would advise you not to draw 

 the covers near your house, while you can find else- 

 where : it will make them certain places to find in when 

 you go out late, or may otherwise be in want of them : — 

 for the same reason, I would advise you not to hunt those 



