. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . country issoon known; and nine foxes out of ten, with the wind in thesame quarter, will follow the same track. It is easy therefore forthe whipper-in to cut short, and catch the hounds again. With a high scent you cannot push on hounds too keep the fox forward, at the same time that they keep the hounds together, or let inthe tail-hounds : they also en-Hven the sport; and, if dis-cretely used, are always ofservice; but in cover theyshould be given v/ith thegreatest caution. Halloos sel-dom do any hurt when youare running up the wind, forthen non
. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . country issoon known; and nine foxes out of ten, with the wind in thesame quarter, will follow the same track. It is easy therefore forthe whipper-in to cut short, and catch the hounds again. With a high scent you cannot push on hounds too keep the fox forward, at the same time that they keep the hounds together, or let inthe tail-hounds : they also en-Hven the sport; and, if dis-cretely used, are always ofservice; but in cover theyshould be given v/ith thegreatest caution. Halloos sel-dom do any hurt when youare running up the wind, forthen none but the tail-hounds can hear you : when you are run-ning down the wind, you should halloo no more than may benecessary to bring the tail hounds forward ; for a hound thatknows his business seldom wants encouragement when he isupon a scent. Most fox hunters, wish to see their hounds run in a good styleA pack of harriers, if they have time, may kill a fox, but I defythem to kill him in the «yle in which he ought to be killed ,•. HUNTING THE FOX. 63 they must hunt him down. If you intend to tire him , youmust expect to be tired also yourself; I never wish a chase to beless than one hour, or to exceed two; it is sufficiently long- ifproperly followed; it will seldom be longer, unless there be afault somewhere : either in the day, the huntsman, or the from the hunted fox to a ^resh one, is as bad an acci-dent as can happen to a pack of fox hnunds, and requires all theingenuity and observation that man if capable of, to guard againstit. Could a fox hound distinguish a hunted fox, as the deerhound does a deer that is blown, (ox hunting would then beperfect, A huntsman should always listen to bis hounds while they arerunning in cover; he should be particularly attentive to the head-most hounds, and he should be constantly on his guard against askirter; for if there be two scents, he mu%i be wrong. Generallyspeaking, the best scent is least likely to be that of
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