HUNTING DIRECTORY. 213 



Harriers should be well matched in Speed. 



pleasure of the clogs returning, and thrusting her up in 

 view. 



*' It is very common for the fleet dog to be the great 

 favourite, though it would be much better if he were 

 hanged or exchanged. Be a dog in his own nature 

 never so good, yet he is not good in that pack that is too 

 slow for him. There is at most times work enough for 

 every one of the train, and every one ought to bear his 

 part : but this it is impossible for the heavy ones to do, 

 if they are run out of breath by the unproportionable 

 speed of a light-heeled leader ; for it is not enough that 

 they are able to keep up, (which a true hound will labour 

 hard for) but they must be able to do it with ease, with 

 retention of breath and spirits, and with their tongues at 

 command. It must never be expected that the inden- 

 tures of the hai-e can be well covered, or her doubles 

 struck oft", (nor is the sport worth a farthing) if the har- 

 riers run yelping in a long string, like deer or fox hounds. 



" Another thing I would advise my friends, is to hang 

 up every liar and chanter, not spai'ing even those that 

 are silly and trifling, without nose or sagacity. It is 

 common enough in numerous kennels, to keep some for 

 their music or beauty ; but this is perfectly wrong. It 

 is a certain maxim, that every dog that does no good, 

 does a great deal of hurt : they serve only to foil the 

 ground, and confound the scent ; to scamper before, and 

 interrupt their betters in the most difficult points. And 

 I may venture to affirm (by long experience) that four 

 or five couple, all good and trusty, will do more execu- 

 tion than thirty or forty, where a third of them are eager 

 and headstrong, and (like coxcombs among men) noisy 

 in doing nothing. 



