40 THE DIARY OF A HUNTSMAN 



give a sniff as much as to say, " Fool, hunt it 

 yourself ! " 



It is a good plan when any particular hound or 

 hounds are fond of riot— such as deer or hare— on 

 approaching near the spot where either of these 

 are likely to jump up, for one of the whips to 

 get off his horse slyly, and walk by the side, then 

 when he sees the hound prick up his ears, or show 

 the least inclination to take notice of either riot, 

 to give him a proper good stroke with his whip, 

 or probably he may be off after the deer or hare, 

 and lead away the whole pack. 



Nothing is more common, when a view-halloo 

 is heard, than to hear the whipper-in, when sitting 

 quietly on his horse, calling out, " Hark, halloo ! 

 hark, halloo ! " instead of instantly getting to 

 the hounds, which are probably hanging on some 

 stale scent or up wind, and then rating sharply 

 with, " Hark, halloo ! get away ! get away ! " 

 with a smack of his whip ; and this is done in a 

 tenth part of the time — indeed much less generally ; 

 besides the service he has done this way. Had 

 he stopped away at a distance and hallooed, he 

 would have prevented the hounds hearing the 

 halloo, and would be doing actual mischief. 



But a whipper-in has often opportunities of 

 assisting in getting hounds to a halloo when 

 getting to them, without rating, which would be 



