262 WOLF-HUNTING. 



being not so much to enjoy the sport as to do honour to the 

 Louvetier, who was looked upon as a public benefactor to Carhaix 

 and the surrounding district. 



Although the blasting of powder by those who were cleaning 

 their guns, and the braying of horns, and the yelping of curs 

 and the more distant thunder of St. Prix's hounds, began about 

 five A.M., it was past seven before the whole body of the town 

 chasseurs assembled in the Place, and thence, taking the Kergloff 

 road, sallied forth to the chase of every beast and bird, from a 

 linnet to a red-leg, or a squirrel to a roebuck, no game being 

 too insignificant for their guns, nor too big for their capacious 

 carnassieres. But for a full description of the day's diversion the 

 reader is referred to the next chapter. 



