A POSTSCRIPT ON HOUND WORK. 79 



another, jinks this way and that and most probably J'gets 

 away. I have seen more than one fox pushed down from 

 a tree into the open jaws of twenty couples of hounds and 

 still get away. If you see a fox coming towards you in covert 

 with hounds behind him, how he now and then stops with 

 uplifted pad while he calmly thinks out his next move. How 

 active he is : a fortnight ago I saw a fox scale a park wall 

 15ft. high and quite smooth, just as easily as if steps had been 

 provided for him. Even when his end comes and hounds 

 dash at him, fairly cornered, a quick glance to see if escape 

 is yet possible and, if not, straight he flies at the nearest 

 hound. What a sportsman ! 



