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The Chase 



the huntsman need not come to the holloa if he Is 

 engaged in doing something else. If nothing happens, 

 it is well to ride back to the huntsman and give him the 

 fullest information. This should still be done even if 

 the huntsman answers the holloa. Ride back to him, 

 meet him, and place him in possession of everything 

 you know, so that he may know how to act when 

 he arrives on the spot. If you see any one on foot 

 who has seen a fox, the cardinal questions to ask him 

 are where he last saw the fox, which way his head 

 was, and, above all, how long ago. The huntsman 

 is sure to ask you this last question directly you get 

 into touch with him, and it creates an unfortunate 

 lapse in your information to be obliged to confess 

 that you did not ask. 



Lord Willoughby de Broke. 



Riding in the Hill Country -£> -o 



THE hill country is easy to ride over as far as 

 fencing is concerned, and is particularly suited 

 to persons whose nerves have lost a little of their 

 steel. 



It is true, that, taking the hills in general, an 

 accomplished hunter is not often wanting. There 

 are no doubles — no ox-fences — no stiles with foot- 

 bridges, and no timber unless you like it, except 

 sheep hurdles, which ought not to throw a horse 

 down (unless blown) with a horseman on his back. 

 A quick, well-bred horse that can go well upon 

 wind, leap four feet in perpendicular height, and 

 face a brook now and then, is all that is requisite 

 here — but he must be well-bred. When I say a 

 horse is only required to leap four feet in height, I 

 do not mean to say that higher walls are not met 



