CHAPTER V 



REMINISCENCES 



THERE are very few Masters in the country who 

 hunt fox in winter and otter in summer with the 

 same hounds, and fewer still we imagine who have 

 killed an otter and a fox on the same day. The 

 latter feat was performed by the Master of the 

 South Tetcott, whose hounds found and killed an 

 otter on the River Othery, after which they 

 unkennelled a fox cub, and after rattling him about 

 a bit, eventually brought him to hand. 



One of the few packs hunting both fox and otter 

 is the Ynsfor, a private pack owned by Major 

 Evan Jones. His country lies in Carnarvon and 

 Merioneth, Snowdon and the adjoining mountains 

 lying within its borders. The Master is his own 



huntsman, and hounds are followed on foot, owing 



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