THE BOOK OF THE OTTER 



An advantage of meeting early lies in the fact 

 that you perhaps find and kill your otter before 

 the real heat of the day begins, thus making things 

 easier for both hounds and field. It is impossible 

 to lay down any hard and fast rule as regards the 

 time of meeting, for as already mentioned, this 

 will be influenced by the character of the water you 

 are going to hunt, and, if you are dependent on 

 subscriptions, the keenness or otherwise of your 

 subscribers. 



In the case of making a start with a newly 

 organised pack, containing a good proportion of 

 unentered hounds, it is advisable to get out early 

 in the morning until such time as your hounds 

 begin to understand their job and take an interest 

 in the business. Scent lies stronger both on land 

 and water during the early hours, and if your few 

 entered hounds find and mark their otter, the 

 unentered ones have a better chance when their 

 quarry is eventually put down. 



To a lover of hound work, the drag left by an 



otter during his nightly wanderings, provides as 



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