134 OBSERVATIONS ON FOX-HUNTING 



are an useless incumbrance ; for they never can 

 be worked often enough to keep them steady 

 and in wind. And if you have too many servants, 

 they Avill be continually quarrelling, for want of 

 something better to do. 



Earth-stopping is very expensive in some 

 countries, and it may amount to more than I 

 have calculated. There is also another expense, 

 Avhich I cannot estimate ; that is, money paid 

 to keepers and others for the preservation of 

 foxes : a few pounds occasionally given with 

 judgment, will often be of great service ; but 

 a large sum, given indiscreetly, will do more harm 

 than good. 



I subjoin a Hst (with the local names or those 

 of the masters) of the numerous hunts in the 

 kingdom, to which you may sometimes find it 

 useful to refer, and which proves the high respect 

 in which this grand national amusement is held 

 throughout the kingdom, and how popular among 

 the different ranks of society it has been, is, and 

 (I trust, for the honour of our country,) ever 

 will he. 



BedfordsJiire. 



The Oakley, Marquis of Tavistock. 

 The Marquis of Salisbury. 



