12 FOX HUNTING. 



men, and the puppies put tail between legs and 

 sneaked to the rear; nor could they be induced to 

 face the fox. After a great clapping of hands 

 and shouting, the fox was finally frightened into 

 a run across country, and the puppies, getting 

 wind of the scent, started on the trail under full 

 cry. The hunters, on foot, followed, with the 

 Master of Hounds, Mr. George W. Hill, and the 

 Huntsman, "Doc." Rogers, in the lead, across 

 two large fields, where the puppies were found to 

 be at fault and the fox out of sight and lost. After 

 a fruitless search "Doc." Rogers was sent to the 

 kennel for an old, worn-out hound to find the 

 track for the puppies. One of the hunters, hap- 

 pening to look up a large chestnut tree, near the 

 fence, saw the fox perched on a low limb, sup- 

 porting himself by a fore leg over it as a per- 

 son would hook an arm above the elbow, and 

 gazing down on us in the most unconcerned man- 

 ner. It took some time to induce him to quit 

 his hold and come to the ground, but when he 

 did he started off for a piece of woodland in fine 

 running shape. Then the puppies had to be 

 hunted up, and "Doc." arriving with his old 

 hound, all were put on the trail, and made a fine 

 run under full cry, through the wood, over a 

 ploughed field, across sod, and over into and 

 through the Tyler woods, until another loss was 



