Observations, &c. 



My dear C. 



THE present improved system of managing 

 Hounds is so well known, that any thing I 

 may write on the subject you will probably have 

 heard before ; nevertheless, if the following 

 desultory hints afford you any entertainment, I 

 shall be satisfied ; as to instruction, I am 

 persuaded they cannot. You wish to know my 

 opinion on vai'ious points relating to this noble 

 diversion, which contributes so much to the 

 health and amusement of a country life ; I have, 

 therefore, put together, in the best manner I 

 could, the substance of my observations on e^■ery- 

 thing relating to Fox-hunting, as far as the 

 experience I may have gained in the kennel and 

 the field enables me. 



In the first place, I should recommend you to 

 purchase, if possible, a well-bred, established Pack 

 of Fox-hounds ; and it frequently happens that 

 Messrs. Tattcrsall have one to dispose of in the 



