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hounds marched round the covert and left without 

 drawing, Reynard was there right enough, for I 



viewed a fox crossing a ride just as Mr. F tootled 



his horn when moving off. He had great contempt 

 for the recognised methods of fox-hunting, and par- 

 ticularly disliked any subsequent mention of the 

 little incident I have related. At this period of the 

 world's history it is surely unlikely that great dis- 

 coveries will be made in what we call the noble 

 science of fox-hunting, or that anything will be 

 likely to cause a change in the old-time language 

 that tradition has handed down for the use of hunts- 

 men when addressing the pack, although new epithets 

 and expletives may be bestowed occasionally on its 

 followers. Let us, then, endeavour to preserve all 

 the lore and traditions connected with the chase that 

 have been bequeathed to us, and so — 



" Floreat scientia — esto perpetna." 



