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THE CHACE.
Book IV.
Chiefs of the Pack, and first to climb the Rock,Or plunge into the Deep, or thread the BrakeWith Thorns sharp-pointed, plash'd, and Briars inwoven.Observe with Care his Shape, Sort, Colour, Size.Nor will sagacious Huntsmen less regard 65His inward Habits; the vain Babbler shun,Ever loquacious, ever in the wrong.His foolish Offspring shall offend thy EarsWith false Alarms, and loud Impertinence.Nor less the shifting Cur avoid, that breaks 70Illusive from the Pack; to the next HedgeDevious he strays, there ev'ry Muse he tries,If haply then he cross the streaming Scent,Away he flies vain glorious; and exultsAs of the Pack supreme, and in his Speed 71And Strength unrivall'd. Lo! cast far behindHis vex'd Associates pant, and lab'ring strain

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