I go The Chase 



understand hunting as well as riding, and doubled 

 her fun by taking an interest in the working of the 

 hounds. A little later came those two brilliant 

 sisters, the ex-Queen of Naples and the late Empress 

 of Austria. 



r. F. Dale. 



Old Martin Round ^^ ^^ .c?^ 



IT was a theory of old Martin Round, supported 

 by unexceptionable practice, that a quiet tongue 

 evinced strong proof of a wise head ; and con- 

 sequently it will readily be believed that his attention 

 was more directed to the employment of his eyes and 

 ears than to making a great and unnecessary noise. 

 In truth, nothing could be more mute, not even a 

 mole, than he was upon throwing hounds into 

 cover, and during the draw his voice was only now 

 and then heard, intimating a desire that a find 

 might be made with as little loss of time and 

 patience as possible. But when the find was made, 

 old Martin Round's cheer could be heard with 

 remarkable distinctness a full mile up wind. In 

 the conclusion of drawing a blank, too, he touched 

 his horn with a force of no ordinary kind ; and his 

 halloo to " Come awa-a-ay," let every hound 

 know where he was expected without delay, or the 

 alternative of receiving a less agreeable hint through 

 the medium of Will Hall's double thong. 



It is difficult to describe the method he adopted ; 

 but let hounds be where they might, there was old 

 Martin Round at their heads, or close to their 

 sterns. In cover or out, picking along a cold 

 scent, or flying from scent to view, there he was, 

 the leader of the foremost flight, with his loose seat 

 and slack rein, paying almost as little attention to 



