HUNTING DIRECTORY. 137 



Entering Young Fox-hounds. 



of encouragement to a wrong scent, more than undoes 

 all that you have been doing. 



" When young hounds begin to love a scent, it may be 

 of use to turn out a badger* before them ; you will then 

 be able to discover what improvement they have made ; 

 I mention a badger, on a supposition that young foxes 

 cannot so well be spared ; besides, the badger, being a 

 slower animal, he may easily be followed, and driven the 

 way you choose he should run. 



*' The day you intend to turn out a fox, or badger, 

 you will do well to send them amongst hares or deer. 

 A little rating and flogging, before they are encouraged 

 to vermin, is of the greatest use, as it teaches them both 

 what they should, and what they should not, do ; I have 

 known a badger run several miles, if judiciously managed ; 

 for which purpose he should be turned out in a very 

 open country, and followed by a person who has more 

 sense than to ride on the line of him. If he does not 

 meet with any cover or hedge in his way, he will keep 

 on for several miles ; if he does, you will not be able to 

 get him any farther. — You should give him a great deal 

 of law, and you will do well to break his teeth. 



" If you run any cubs to ground in an indifferent 

 country, and do not want blood, bring them home, and 

 they will be of use to your young hounds. Turn out 

 bag foxes to your young hounds, but never to your old 

 ones. 



"The day after your hounds have had blood, is also 

 a proper tune to send them where there is riot, and to 



* See note, page 133. 

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