HUNTING TERMS 83 



Eye to Hounds— A person is said to have a good 

 eye to hounds, whose eye in the chase is 

 always fixed on the leading hound or hounds ; 

 by which he has a great advantage over others, 

 as he turns his horse's head immediately 

 whichever way the leading hound does, which 

 saves an angle. 



Elope — A halloo, to get hounds away, and also 

 notice for men to come away. 



Flighty — ^A hound which is not a steady hunter 

 is called flighty ; also when the scent changes 

 from good to bad repeatedly, it is called flighty. 



Forward — A halloo imphes, to get on ; or that 

 the hounds are running ahead of you. 



Feeling a Scent — A term used when any hound 

 smells the scent ; when bad, it is said they can 

 scarcely feel the scent. 



Foil— When a fox runs the ground over which he 

 has been before, it is called running his foil,— 

 sometimes a reason for hounds not being able 

 to hunt it where they have been before. 



Furze, or Gorse— -A good cover for a fox; in 

 some counties called gorse— in the north, 

 whins. 



Full Cry — ^When the whole pack are running 

 hard and throwing their tongues. 



Gone to Ground— When a fox has got into an 

 earth or drain. 



