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admirably they spread ! — how wide they cast ! — Is 

 there a single hound that does not try ? — If there 

 be, ne'er shall he hunt again. There, Trueman is 

 on the scent : he feathers, yet still is doubtful. 

 'Tis right ! — how readily they join him ! — See 

 those wide-casting hounds, how they fly forward to 

 recover the ground they have lost ! — Mind Lightning^ 

 how she dashes ; and Mungo^ how he works ! — Old 

 Frantic^ too, now pushes forward : she knows as 

 well as we the fox is sinking. 



Huntsman ! at fault at last ? — How far did you 

 bring the scent ? — Have the hounds made their own 

 cast ? — Now make yours. You see that sheep-dog 

 has coursed the fox : get forward with your hounds, 

 and make a wide cast. 



Hark ! that halloo is indeed a lucky one. If we 

 can hold him on, we may yet recover him ; for a 

 fox so much distressed must stop at last. We shall 

 now see if they will hunt as well as run ; for there 

 is but litttle scent, and the impending cloud still 

 makes that little less. How they enjoy the scent ! — 

 See how busy they all are, and how each in his 

 turn prevails ! 



Huntsman, be quiet ! Whilst the scent was 

 good, you pressM on your hounds : it was well 

 done : — when they came to a check, you stood still 

 and interrupted them not : — they were afterwards 

 at fault ; you made your cast with judgement, and 

 lost no time. You now must let them hunt. 

 With such a cold scent as this you can do no good : 

 they must do it all themselves. Lift them now, 

 and not a hound will stoop again. Ha ! a high 

 road at such a time as this, when the tenderest- 

 nosed hound can hardly own the scent ! — Another 

 fault ! That man at work, then, has headed back 

 the fox. Huntsman ! cast not your hounds now ; 



