1 6 Hunting in the Golden Days. 



mistake, and that they could do much bigger things and 

 not come to grief. 



Some of these little doubles are very tricky and need 

 some doing. There was a good old sporting farmer 

 in Hertfordshire who had one constructed on his farm 

 so as to be seen from his dining room. In this way 

 he often managed to have some good sport when 

 the hounds were running in his neighbourhood. 

 There were always two or three riders caught in the 

 trap if the fox led them over it ; indeed, our friend 

 was often heard to declare that it furnished quite a 

 diversion for his wife and daughters, who might other- 

 wise have found the country monotonous during the 

 dull and dreary winter months. 



Every run must have an end ; after crossing a 

 couple of ploughed fields, Master Reynard turns round 

 and gallantly faces the pack who shortly demolish him. 

 Jack, the huntsman, is soon dismounted and, holding the 

 fox aloft, he performs the obsequies, surrounded by the 

 baying pack. 



