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far as he could judge, pointing directly for Dualt ; moreover, that 

 he was quite certain one of the wolves had but three legs, or at 

 all events, carried one which apparently was of no use to it. 



The Louvetier, on hearing this, at once sounded his horn, 

 and, pricking forward briskly, clapped the whole body of his 

 pack on the line indicated by the piqueur ; but, well marked as 

 the tracks were, it was only here and there that some fine-nosed 

 hound, giving an extra lash with his stern, was able to throw his 

 tongue on the ail-but extinguished scent. The tufters, however, 

 were not far astern, and, as soon as they came up, matters 

 mended a little ; but still the cry, as patiently and perseveringly 

 those skilled pioneers picked up the scent, making a hit here 

 and a hit there, over the wild, rocky waste between Hengoet 

 and Dualt, would have given Kergoorlas the ear-ache, so cheerless 

 was it up to the very edge of the latter forest. There, as the sun 

 went down, the Louvetier stopped the pack, when all, with the 

 exception of Johnson, turned their horses' heads direct for Callac, 

 he and the " Lunatique," now apparently sobered and submissive, 

 returning alone to Carhaix. Thus ended a blank day the only 

 one I was doomed to see in company with St. Prix's hounds. 



