The Chase of the Hare 211 



"There are," says the same authority, "one hundred and 

 ninety-eight packs of harriers in the United Kingdom, some 

 fifty odd paclvs of foot beagles, which in round nuinl)crs make 

 about two hundred and fifty packs, mostly in England, besides 

 a large number of i)rivate packs which would probably swell 

 the number to three hundred or more." 



It is not the purpose of these chapters to go into the scien- 

 tific part of hare hunting, nor to pursue the subject further 

 than might interest the general reader, and give an idea of the 

 character and status of the game, wliich «ill no doubt be of 

 interest to most American sportsmen. 



The writer's wish to see the sport more generally ado})ted 

 in America leads him to devote another chapter to the subject, 

 especially hare hunting with foot beagles at school and col- 

 lege, which is the best way of all to bring up a boy in the way 

 he should go, to become a thorough sportsman. 



