228 HUNTING DIRECTORY. 



Hare Hunting favourable to Pedestrians. 



close on hunting days. This would supply the whole 

 country with hares, which, after one turn round the 

 warren, would most probably run straight an end. The 

 number of hares a warren will supply is hardly to be 

 conceived : I seldom turned out less in one year than 

 thirty brace of trap-hares, besides a great many more 

 killed in the environs, of M'hich no account was taken. 

 My M'arren is a wood of near thirty acres : one of half 

 the size would answer the purpose to the full as well. 

 Mine is cut out into many walks ; a smaller warren should 

 have only one, and t/mt round the outside of it. No 

 dog should ever be suffered to go into it ; and traps 

 should be constantly set for stoats and polecats. It is 

 said, parsley makes hares strong ; they certainly are vei'y 

 fond of eating it : it therefore cannot be amiss to sow 

 some within the warren, as it will be a means of keeping 

 your hares more at home." 



Hare-hunting, however, will always be a favourite 

 diversion with the pedestrian sportsman ; as from the 

 manner of running which characterises the object of 

 pursuit, he is enabled to witness a considerable portion 

 of the chase : this circumstance is thus noticed by Somer- 

 vile : — 



" Hark ! from yon covert, where those towering oaks 

 Above the humble copse aspiring rise, 

 What glorious triumphs burst in every gale 

 Upon our ravish'd ears ! the hunter's shout, 

 The clanging horns swell their sweet winding notes, 

 The pack wide-opening load the trembling air 

 With various melody ; from tree to tree 

 The propagated cry redoubling bounds, 

 And winged zephyrs waft the floating joy 



