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stroke ! It is an admirable race ; yet the cover 

 saves him. 



' Now be quiet, and he cannot escape us ; we 

 have the wind of the hounds, and cannot be better 

 placed ; — how short he runs ; — he is now in the very 

 strongest part of the cover. — W^hat a crash ! every 

 hound is in, and every hound is running for him. 

 That was a quick turn ! — Again another ! — he's put 

 to his last shifts. — Now Mischief is at bis heels, and 

 death is not far, off. — Ha ! they all stop at once : — 

 all silent, and yet no earth is open. Listen ! — now 

 they are at him again. — ■ — Did you hear that hound 

 catch view ? they had over-run the scent, and the 

 fox had lain down behind them. Now, Reynard, 

 look to yourself. How quick they all give their 

 tongues ! — Little Dreaduoiighf, how he works him ! 

 the terriers too, they now are squeaking at him. 

 How close Vengeance pursues ! how terribly she 



presses ! it is just up with him. Gods ! what a 



crash they make ; the whole wood resounds.-— That 

 turn was very short. — There — now ; — aye, now they 

 have him. — Who-hoop.' 



A very large pack of hounds is very useless and 

 inconvenient. From thirty -five to forty couple are 

 sufficient, as Mdth these the field may be taken three 

 or four times a week. Where foxes are scarce, re- 

 course is sometimes had to bag-foxes ; but they are 

 seldom productive of good sport. The scent of 

 them is different from that of other foxes ; it is too 

 good, and makes hounds idle ; besides, in the man- 

 ner in whicli they generally are turned out, it 

 makes hounds very wild. They seldom fail to 

 know what you are going about before you begin, 

 and if often used to hunt bag-foxes, wdll become 

 riotous enough to run any thing. A fox that has 

 been confined long in a small place, and carried out 

 many miles, perhaps in a sack, his own ordure hang- 

 ing about him, must needs stink extravagantly. 

 Add also to this account, that he most probably is 



