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could not approach near enough to chase 

 her without grounding, but a hound named 

 "Trouncer" headed her. This hound swam 

 faster than the rest of the pack, and showed 

 greater intelligence. Instead of following 

 the deer in her windings, he endeavoured 

 to keep outside her, so as to turn her and 

 head her for shore. For the third time she 

 returned to the land, fell, and was taken. 



In hind-hunting, the pack often enters 

 a herd, and divide, some hounds following 

 one deer and others another, so that there 

 is much trouble to get them together after 

 the one chosen, and occasionally two or 

 three cannot be got back, but have to be 

 left to themselves. Wire fences are put 

 round the fir plantations ; hinds and calves 

 slip through between the wires aside as a 

 hound does, but sometimes they are not 

 quick enough, and get haunched while half 

 through ; the nearest hound snaps at their 



