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who, notwithstanding the breach of discipline, could 

 not help laughing. After a short run, the hare, 

 bothered by the camp-followers, got bewildered, 

 and the dog caught it. Ramdeen, whose sudden 

 fit of sporting enthusiasm had now somewhat 

 cooled, came back, looking rather sheepish and 

 askance at the colonel, who had dismissed the 

 regiment. Of course he got a good blowing-up 

 for his escapade, but I believe the colonel accepted 

 the hare. 



Major-General Sir Thomas Seaton. 



Harmony ^> xis> ^i> ^> 



OF all delights that Earth doth yield, 

 Give me a pack of hounds in field ; 

 Whose echo shall throughout the sky 

 Make Jove admire our harmony, 

 And wish that he a mortal were 

 To view the pastime we have here. 



An Old Ballad, 1635. 



Hunting the Hare ^:^ ^> <:> 



YET, if for sylvan sports thy bosom glow, 

 Let thy fleet greyhound urge his flying foe. 

 With what delight the rapid course I view ! 

 How does my eye the circling race pursue ! 

 He snaps deceitful air with empty jaws ; 

 The subtle hare darts swift beneath his paws ; 

 She flies, he stretches ; now with nimble bound. 

 Eager he presses on, but overshoots his ground ; 

 She turns ; he winds, and soon regains the way. 

 Then tears with goary mouth the screaming prey. 



John Gay, 



