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to suppose that the stag has gone, from the 

 noise in the bushes, he shouts ' Forwards ! ' 



This is a signal to ride to the edge of the 

 wood to see what it is that breaks cover ; 

 a runnable stag generally leaves by known 

 paths, paths which he uses at other times, so 

 that it is to these places they ride to watch. 

 When one of them sees the right stag break 

 cover he shouts ' Tally ho ! ' Eeckless in 

 his haste, the stag does not heed any- 

 thing in front, and if his path leads through 

 a crowd, as occasionally happens, sometimes 

 knocks over one or two people, not inten- 

 tionally, nor causing injury, but rolling them 

 aside in eagerness to reach the open country. 



