HUNTING DIRECTORY. 207 



Of Hare Hunting. 



It has of late been much the fashion for gentlemen to 

 perform the office of huntsman to their own pack : I see 

 no objection to such a system, if they will take the 

 necessary trouble for that })urpose, which I am inclined 

 to think is not always the case. 



CHAPTER VHI. 



Of Hare Hunting. — The Opinion of a Sportsman of 

 the last Century upon this Subject. — The Hounds best 

 calculated for Hare Hunting. — Of the Huntsman 

 and Whipjier-iti to a Pack of Harriers. — Hare 

 Finders. — The Doubles of the Hare. — Warren 

 Hares. — Pedestrian Sportsmen. — Of Music and 

 Speed. 



From what has been said in the preceding pages of 

 this work, it will easily be perceived that fox-hunting 

 stands pre-eminent in my estimation ; however, there are 

 those who entertain a different opinion, and prefer the 

 chase of the hare to the pursuit of the fox : a writer, 

 known by the denomination of the " Country Scjuire," 

 who published his notions on the subject of hunting in 

 the year 11 AS, tlni.s expresses himself:- 



