84 FOXHUNTING ON LAKELAND FELLS 



strenuous exercise, beat all your doctor's medicine, 

 but I am afraid in these modern days people believe 

 more in the latter than the former. The working 

 men in the dales are the keenest of hunters. No 

 matter on what task they are engaged, when hounds 

 come near, they down tools and join in the chase. 

 They work hard, too, at unearthing a fox which has 

 got to ground amongst the rocks, where crowbar 

 and hammer are often required to loosen up the 

 huge boulders. 



On the fells the huntsman is the only man who 

 wears a scarlet coat, and he is assisted by a 

 whipper-in, who may perhaps wear hunting-cap 

 and dark grey jacket, reheved by a touch of red 

 on the collar and a scarlet waistcoat. 



The huntsman is followed by three or four fell 

 terriers in couples, and generally a hound or two 

 as well. These last are usually young hounds, or 

 older members of the pack which he is prepared to 

 let go when occasion warrants. Usually the 

 whipper-in will take the highest ground, leaving 

 the huntsman to go below. He often takes more 

 coupled hounds with him to the tops, to " louse " 

 them at some convenient moment. The terriers 

 form a most important item of the Hunt. Without 

 them it would be impossible to locate and evict a 

 fox after he had got to ground. 



Most of these terriers are cross-bred, showing 

 more or less Bedlington blood, as evinced by the 



