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and the Kind best adapted for the Purpose. 



way, it is necessary to enter into the details of the chase ; 

 but it may not be amiss previously to say something of 

 the proper equipage for that purpose. 



In this respect it is not necessary to go to any great 

 expence, as twenty-five or thirty hounds are sufficient. 

 They ought to be of a good size, to have a grey coat, 

 and to be marked with red about the eyes and on the 

 cheeks : by these marks you may discover their greater 

 or less degree of eagerness in the chase. You ought, 

 likewise, to have six or eight leashes of large, choice 

 greyhounds, and some good whelps. They encourage 

 each other, and attack the wolf with the greater vigour. 

 A good whipper-in is also highly necessary ; two attend- 

 ants for the blood hounds, two for the hounds, and one 

 to slip the greyhounds. 



Your blood hounds for hunting the wolf cannot be too 

 good ; they ought to be bold, lively, and full of ardour. 

 When they possess all these qualities, you derive from 

 them a two-fold advantage ; for, besides that which you 

 enjoy in the chase, they hkewise serve to train other 

 dogs. A good sportsman ought to be prudent as to the 

 service he requires of his dogs, and he should be very 

 careful of them, for the chase of the wolf is more fatiouinf 

 to the blood hounds than any other kind, the wolf being 

 naturally crafty and mistrustfuL From the moment that 

 he perceives they are after him, he is constantly going ; 

 and when he finds himself pursued, he changes his abode, 

 and leads his pursuers a very fatiguing chase. It is, 

 therefore, advisable to spare the blood hounds, and to 

 make them serve alternately. A day of rest gives them 

 fresh ardour, and enables the sportsmen to liunt with 

 more satisfaction. 



