88 FOXHUNllNG ON LAKELAND FELLS 



a lot of banana peelings. We were so hungry 

 that we barely refrained from eating the latter. 

 We have often laughed over it since, and I 

 remember I made up for it with bread and cheese 

 and beer when we got down off the mountain at 

 dusk. 



It is always advisable to take sufficient food 

 with you on these occasions, for you are never 

 quite certain when you are going to get the next 

 meal. 



Although some of the best sport is experienced 

 in the cold weather, I have enjoyed some very good 

 hunts in October, as well as spring. When foxes 

 begin to bother the lambs, hounds are called upon 

 to account for the offenders. It is, of course, 

 necessary to meet very early at this time of year, as 

 the sun soon dispels the dew, and scent is then often 

 conspicuous by its absence. It well repays one 

 for leaving one's bed at an unearthly hour, however, 

 when hounds do get away with their fox, for the 

 temperature is such that one can sit about the 

 tops in comfort, and thoroughly enjoy both the 

 magnificent views and the sport. Many a May 

 fox is rolled over by the fell packs, for the 

 dalesmen's flocks have to be made safe from any 

 marauding vixen which takes toll of them for her 

 cubs. 



Harking back for a moment to fell terriers, 

 people's ideas appear to differ very considerably 



