I02 Ha7^k Away. 



and I pull up, taking these for the leading hounds, 

 awaiting the coming of the pack. But, thpugh the 

 quarry was a hind, it was not the hind which was 

 going away like steam far over hill, dale, and wood- 

 land, consequently, with several others, I also was 

 from this time out of the hunt entirely. I stuck, 

 however, to the three couples of hounds, who were 

 trying to puzzle out the line of the hind, in the 

 vain hope that they might run into her, but, after 

 doing their best, they threw up their heads and 

 followed me back to Dulverton. 



After some time, Arthur appears on the scene, in 

 high spirits with the success he has met with, for 

 this has been a trying time for the huntsmen. 

 The outbreak of hydrophobia destroyed some four- 

 teen couples of the old pack, and a great part of 

 the work of the present season has been done by 

 the young hounds, who have only been freshly 

 entered to the stag. Notwithstanding this great 

 disadvantage, the sport, whilst not coming up to 

 the usual standard, has been fairly good ; sixteen 

 stags have been killed, whilst the hind hunting, as 

 far as it has gone at present, has been satisfactory, 

 several having been killed after good runs. 



How I met the Tiverton on the opening day, 

 galloped for an hour with the Q.H., or Quorm 

 Harriers, with Mr. Chorley in pursuit of a hare, 

 killing her in first-rate style; how I dined with the 

 yeomanry, made the acquaintance of the Master of 

 the Dulverton Foxhounds, riding with his beautiful 

 pack, and seeing him kill his foxes, and was entertained 

 at his hospitable home — are they not written in my 

 j ournal, ready for publication when ojDportunity offers? 



