322 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



if he chose the trouble of it. I do not think there is any^ 

 profession, trade, or occupation, to which a good edu- 

 cation would not be of service ; and hunting, notwith- 

 standing it is at present exercised by such as have not had 

 an education, might, without doubt, be carried on much 

 better by those that have. I will venture to say, fewer 

 faults would then be ' committed ^ nor would the same 

 fcmlts be committed over and over again, as they now 

 are. Huntsmen never reason- by analogy, nor are they 

 much benefited by experience. 



Having told you, in a former Letter, what a huntsman 

 ought to be, the following, which I can assure you is a 

 true copy, will shew you, in some instances at least, what 

 he ought not to be : "* 



SIR, 



Yours I received the 24th of this present Instant June 

 and at your request I will give you an impartial account 



of my man John G 's CharaAer. He is a Shoemaker 



or Cordwainer which you please to call it by trade and 



