THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. ^7^ 



Wide ridings cut through large woods, render theni 

 less exceptionable to sportsmen than they otherwise might 

 jbe J yet 1 do not think that they are of service to hounds : 

 they are taught to shuffle; and, the fox being frequently 

 headed back, they are put to many faults : the roads are 

 foil'd by the horses, and the hounds often interrupted by 

 the horsemen : — such ridings only are advantageous, as 

 enable the servants belonging to the hounds to get to 

 them. 



If a fox should run up the wind when first found, and 

 afterwards turn, he will seldom, if ever, turn again. This 

 observation may not only be of use to your huntsman in 

 his cast, but may be of use to yourself, if you should lose 

 the hounds. 



When you are pursuing a fox over a country, the scent 

 being bad, and the fox a long way before, without ever 

 having been pressed; if his point should be for stronp- 

 earths that are open, or for large covers where game is 

 in plenty — it may be ading wisely to take off the hounds 

 at the first fault ; for the fox will go many miles to your 

 one, and probably will run you out of all scent ; and, if 



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