A POSTSCRIPT ON HOUND WORK. 75 



momentary and they would forge ahead in the next second or 

 two, used to ride back towards the field as if he meant to 

 try back. This kept the field off, but unless scent was good 

 it delayed matters, because he got his hounds' heads up and 

 they did not try forward. 



Forward and down-wind is the cast nine times out of 

 ten. Foxes hate going up- wind, principally, I think, because 



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FORWARD AND DOWN-WIND IS THE CAST NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN. 



