THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 33^5 



-diggixig, you should keep room enough ^ and care should 

 be taken not to throw the earth where you may have it 

 to move agahi. In following the hole, the surest way not 

 to lose it is to keep below it. — When your hounds are in 

 want of blood, stop all the holes, kst the fox should bok 

 out unseen. It causes no small confusion when this hap- 

 pens : the hounds are dispersed about, and asleep in differ- 

 ent places ; the horses are often at a considerable distance j 

 and many a fox, by taking advantage of the moment, has 

 saved his life. 



If hounds want blood, and have had a long run, it is 

 the best way, without doubt, to kill the fox upon the 

 .earth ;— but, if they have not run long; if it be easy to 

 dig out the fox, and the cover be such a one as they arc 

 '•not likely to change in — it is better for the hounds to turn 

 liim out upon the earth, and let them work for him. It 

 js the blood that will do them most good, and rnay be ser- 

 viceable to the hounds, to the horses, and to yourself. — 

 ^'toging ^ fox is cold work, and may require a gallop 

 afterwards, to warm you all again. Before you do this, 

 if there be any other earths in the cover, ^hey should b? 

 stopped, lest the fox should go to ground again. 



