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of no use. It is when a halloo is heard down 

 wind, and the hounds cannot hear it. If the 

 huntsman is not there, he had better cap them 

 on, till they are within hearing of the halloo, then 

 pull up, and let them pass with a " Hark, halloo ! " 

 But some men will ride back to the hounds, and, 

 forgetting that they cannot hear it, begin rating 

 and smacking their whips to no purpose ; except 

 that it makes it still more difficult for the hounds 

 to hear the halloo. 



If a halloo is heard at a distance by the whipper- 

 in, and neither the huntsman nor hounds hear it, 

 when at a check, he had better get half-way 

 between the halloo and the hounds, and then 

 halloo himself, till the hounds or huntsman come ; 

 for if he went all the way to the halloo there 

 would be the same chance of his not being heard 

 also. 



If a whipper-in views a fox, on the opposite side 

 of the cover to the huntsman or not, he should 

 most distinctly halloo — either " Tally-ho back," or 

 " Tally-ho away " — to let the huntsman and field 

 know which it is, instead of merely hallooing 

 " Tally-ho," which is often the case. 



As soon as, or before, if possible, hounds are 

 thrown into a large cover, to draw it, one whipper- 

 in should clap on down wind as fast as he can, in 

 case a good fox steals away, as the first that goes 



