OTTER-HUNTING 



sounded on this, with the exception of that " to 

 call hounds away," and for this quite a good 

 substitute can be blown. When using the horn, 

 he should employ distinct calls, then both hounds 

 and field know what he means. Some huntsmen 

 blow the same note all day long, and hounds take 

 no heed of it, while the monotonous sound gets on 

 the nerves of the field. 



Nowadays the otter-hunting season extends from 

 April to September, but in the fourteenth century 

 it lasted from February to June. 



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