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consulted. The would-be master must remem- 

 ber that hunting is practically a public amuse- 

 ment, and in starting a new pack he has 

 not to consider his own wishes, but those of the 

 people living in the neighbourhood. If it is a 

 district that has never been hunted before, he 

 wiU meet with many difficulties to start with, 

 and considerable opposition, but courtesy and 

 tact should smooth this all away. He should 

 persuade as many people as possible to come 

 out and join his hunt, not sneak off for his 

 own selfish amusement without letting any one 

 know. On introducing hounds to a country 

 that has never been hunted, the first thing a 

 master has to do is to make himself popular and 

 to get the inhabitants to take an interest in the 

 sport. This done, and the harriers will soon 

 become a recognised institution, deserving of 

 every one's support. 



Now we come to the consideration of the best 

 type of hound to use, and here I hesitate to give 

 advice. If you want a smart twenty minutes' 

 gallop, you cannot do better than buy draft 

 foxhounds, or you can get practically the same 

 animal from some harrier kennels, but as this 



