HUNTING TERMS. 201 



Drawing. The act of hunting to find a fox in a cover, 



or covert, as some term it. 

 Drag. The scent left by the footsteps of the fox on his 



way from his rural rambles to his earth, or kennel. 



Our forefathers rose early ; and instead of drawing, 



hunted the fox by " dragging" up to him. 

 Dwelling. When hounds do not come up to the hunts- 

 man's halloo till moved by the whipper-in, they are 



said to dwell. 

 Drafted. Hounds drawn from the pack to be disposed 



of, or hung, are drafted. 

 "Earths are drawn." When a vixen fox has drawn out 



fresh earth, it is a proof she intends to lay up her 



cubs there. 

 Eye to hounds. A man has a good eye to hounds who 



turns his horse's head with the leading hounds. 

 Flighty. A hound that is not a steady hunter. 

 Feeling a scent. You say, if scent is bad, " The hounds 



could scarcely feel the scent." 

 Foil. When a fox runs the ground over which he has 



been before, he is running his foil. 

 Headed. When a fox is going away, and is met and 



driven back to cover. Jealous riders, anxious for a 



start, are very apt to head the fox. It is one of the 



greatest crimes in the hunting-field. 

 Heel. When hounds get on the scent of a fox, and run 



it back the way he came, they are said to be running 



heel. 

 Hold hard. A cry that speaks for itself, which every 



one who wishes for sport will at once attend to when 



uttered by the huntsman. 

 Holding scent. When the scent is just good enough for 



hounds to hunt a fox a fair pace, but not enough to 



press him. 



