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particular pack, so may be excused for saying that, 

 with a scent like this, the symbolical sheet would 

 not, perhaps, always cover them ; and should the 

 fox they are following so thread his course, the man 

 who watches the leading ones will, in all probability, 

 ride the line which would form the base to the two 

 sides of the triangle he has run, whereas he who 

 steered his course by the tail hounds would, with 

 equal probability, have to traverse the former 

 distance, and even we, who have forgotten most 

 which Euclid taught us, can have no doubt as to 

 whose horse would have the longer journey of the two. 



If hounds should check, only for an instant, and 

 you are anywhere near them, or anywhere to right 

 or left where the fox may have crossed, check your 

 horse too, and instantl}^, and stand perfectly still. 

 Not a word must be uttered now, and then, in all 

 probability, your inaction will prove but momentar}^, 

 for the hounds having cast themselves, as they are 

 sure to do if neither pressed on or interfered with, 

 will, in the majority of instances, recover the lost 

 line of their fox without any assistance whatever, 

 and the good gallop you are enjoying proceed with- 

 out noticeable interruption. 



Should they fail to do so, however, as they, of 

 course, from divers reasons often may, the huntsman 

 will put his horse in motion to aid them, but this is 



