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not bustled out of her senses with too fast a 

 hound will perform the most astonishing feats to 

 save her life, and no one can predict what her 

 next move will be. 



In a country that is hunted by foxhounds a 

 pack of harriers is out of place, as any one riding 

 can have much better sport after a fox, and the 

 farmer gets his land cut up quite enough with the 

 legitimate hunt. A field of twenty with harriers 

 will do more damage to fences and crops in one 

 day on a farm than the foxhounds would in a 

 whole season. When a hare does make a good 

 point, which is not often, she generally runs 

 several rings round her home before eventually 

 going away. I have heard it said that following 

 harriers is a splendid opportunity for schooling a 

 young horse, and I have no doubt it is an 

 excellent plan ; but unless the land belongs to or 

 is occupied by the owner of the horse, it seems 

 to me a very cool proceeding. The master should 

 keep his eye on these people, and make them 

 compensate the farmer handsomely for broken 

 fences. 



There are a great many different ways of 

 hunting the hare, but with all respect for the 



