178 HUNTING THE GRISLY. 



Alps, winter caribou-hunting in Canada, or 

 deer-stalking not deer-driving in Scotland. 

 Nevertheless, of all sports possible in civ- 

 ilized countries, riding to hounds is perhaps 

 the best if followed as it should be, for the 

 sake of the strong excitement, with as much 

 simplicity as possible, and not merely as a 

 fashionable amusement. It tends to develop 

 moral no less than physical qualities ; the 

 rider needs nerve and head ; he must possess 

 daring and resolution, as well as a good deal 

 of bodily skill and a certain amount of wiry 

 toughness and endurance. 



