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being up wind ; but, if they were left down wind 

 and the pack were running, then the young 

 hounds must hear it, and would most probably 

 join the cry. 



Different men have different ways of drawing 

 covers, but there can be no doubt that the best 

 way to make a pack draw well is, to go steadily 

 through covers with hounds, where it is possible ; 

 if not, then to take the best side-wind of it first. 

 When a cover is supposed to be drawn, a huntsman 

 will do well to notice whether he has got all his 

 hounds. If any old ones are left back, he may 

 depend on it there is some good cause — no doubt 

 a stroke of a fox or drag keeps them — and a little 

 patience, and even encouragement by name, may 

 be thought right, particularly if they happen to be 

 hounds that usually find, and in all packs there are 

 a few of that sort. 



There is another method of drawing, which 

 cannot be thought a good one by sportsmen in 

 general, though it is not unusual. The huntsman 

 throws his hounds into a cover, through which he 

 cannot ride, and is obliged to keep outside. As 

 soon as the hounds are in, away he trots round 

 the outside, thinking that by getting to the oppo- 

 site side of the cover he will be able to draw 

 them through by his voice ; but the consequence 

 is that three parts of the pack, hearing him trot 



