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as they endeavour to return to him, the Whips will 

 then have another opportunity of repeating the 

 correction till the confirmed rebels drop their sterns. 



Trust your Hounds. There is nothing sounds 

 worse than every time a hare jumps up, to hear the 

 men exclaim, " See that." Better be quiet silent, 

 and if any Hound is disposed to take notice, speak to 

 it by name with " 'Ware hare," distinctly and quietly. 

 Always say exactly what you mean to Hounds. If 

 you mean " 'Ware hare," say so, not, " To him back." 

 Never strike a Hound until he deserves it. ** Punish- 

 ment," says Beckford, "should be justice — not 

 revenge ; the intention is to prevent the repetition 

 of the offence." Don't allow the Hounds to rake 

 away from covert to covert ; they should follow the 

 Huntsman and no one else. Don't allow them to 

 go in front of the First Whipper-in : if they do, they 

 will by degrees follow him without any attention to 

 the Huntsman. When Hounds are told to come 

 back, they should come behind the Huntsman. 



I don't like Hounds put into covert all of a heap ; 

 rather let them go in picking their own smeuse to 

 begin with. 



" A fox well found," says Beckford, " is half killed. 

 People generally are in too great a hurry on this 



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