HUNTS WITH JORROCKS 



Pigg spurs hie horse, and trots on to the 

 holloa. 



It is the man, who has been waiting in anxious 

 expectation, and has just shook the fox. 



After staring about, Reynard proceeds from 

 a crawl to a trot, and then sets his head for the 

 vale, from which the hounds have just come. 



Pigg views him stealing past a plantation end, 

 and lays his hounds quietly on; they quickly 

 take up the scent. 



A stranger in the land, the fox goes stoutly 

 down wind, with the hounds too near to give 

 him much chance for his life. As if anxious for 

 the promotion of the sport, he makes for the 

 vale, and the pack come swinging down the hill 

 in the view of the field planted below. Fresh 

 ardour is caught at the sight ! Those who ridi- 

 culed the cast are now loudest in its praise. 

 They reach the bottom, and fox and hounds are 

 in the same field. Now they view him ! How 

 they strain ! It 's a beautiful sight. Old Priestess 

 is tailed off, and Rummager falls into the rear. 



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