THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. ^Q^ 



worth your keeping : — indifferent ones, such as I have 

 above described, may be kept till you have better to sup*- 

 ply their places. 



A HUNTSMAN should know how to marshal every hound 

 in his pack, giving to each his proper rank and prece- 

 dence ; for, Vv'ithout this knowledge, it is not possible that 

 he should make a large draft, as he ought. There are, in 

 most packs, some hounds that assist but little in killing 

 the fox 5 and it is the judicious drafting off of such hounds 

 that is a certain sign of a good huntsman. 



My huntsman is very exa6l : he always carries a list of 

 his hounds in his pocket, and Vvhen in a distant country, 

 he looks it over, to see if any of them be missing : he 

 has also a book, in which he keeps a regular account where 

 every fox is found, and where he is killed. 



Your huntsman, you say, knows perfectly the country 

 that he has to "hunt : let him then acquire as perfedl a know- 

 ledge of his hounds : good sense and observation v. ill do 

 the rest J at least, will do as much as you seem to require 



