HUNTING TERMS 85 



Hooi — The view-halloo, if Tally-ho is not heard ; or 

 when hounds are at a check, and it is desirable 

 to get them on. 



Holding Scent — When the scent is just good 

 enough for hounds to hunt a fox a fair pace, 

 but not enough to press him, though it ought 

 to kill him. 



Kennel — Where a fox lies all day in cover, to 

 which he goes every morning before it is quite 

 daylight, and remains in it till dark. 



Line Hunters are good hounds which will not 

 go a yard beyond the scent, and keep the 

 pack right — invaluable hounds ; by some called 

 plough-holders, because they hold the line. 



Left-handed — Such hounds are called left-handed 

 which are not always right, but apt to be wide, 

 and fly without a scent. The sooner they are 

 drafted the better, although they frequently 

 have some excellent qualities. 



Litter, a — Young foxes, or the cubs belonging to 

 one fox, are called a litter. 



Lifting — ^\Vhen hounds are scarcely able to hunt 

 a scent across bad scenting-ground, the hunts- 

 man is induced to take them off it, and hold 

 them forward ; where he is sure to hit off 

 the scent — probably to a halloo. This is con- 

 demned by many good sportsmen, but by others 

 it is thought slow in a huntsman not to do it. 



