1S4 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



saw this Hiistake made by a famous huntsman : — after W9 

 had left a cover which we had been drawing, a disturbed 

 fox was seen to go into it : he was halloo'd, and we re- 

 turned. The huntsman, who never inquired where the fox 

 I was seen, or on which side of the cover he entered, threw 

 ' his hounds in at random, and, as it happened, on the 

 ' opposite side : they immediately took the heel of him, 

 hroke cover, and hunted the scent back to his very kennel. 



, Different countries require different casts. Such 

 huntsmen as have been used to a woodland and inclosed 

 country, 1 have seen lose time in an open country, where 

 wide casts are always necessary. 



When you want to cast round a flock of sheep, the 

 whipper-in ought to drive them the other way, lest they 

 should keep running on before you. 



A FOX seldom goes over or under a gate, when he can 

 avoid it. 



Huntsmen are frequently very conceited, and very 

 obstinate. Oftentimes have I seen them, wffen their' 



