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also, who hunted Lord Althorp's hounds, 

 and Mr. Shaw, were excellent sportsmen. 

 If you could be sure of meeting with such 

 men, it would not be so indispensable for 

 you to hunt your own hounds ; but hunts- 

 men, generally speaking, are conceited, 

 headstrong, and ignorant, — and fancy they 

 know better where the fox is gone than 

 the hounds do; although a very clever 

 man, and an admirable judge of hunting, 

 assures us, 



" That foxhound never yet could tell, 

 Unless he took the pains to smell, 

 Where Reynard went I" 



Many servants think lifting hounds, halloo- 

 ing, and blowing the horn, are the only 

 qualities requisite for a huntsman. 



A system once followed by a huntsman 

 (now gone to ground), is so very bad a one, 

 that I anticipate it will not for a moment 

 meet your approbation ; it was always con- 

 demned by me, and quite different to the 



