Otter Hunting 33 



dew, had assembled to welcome the gallant 

 Master and his hounds. Five minutes' 

 grace being granted for the interchange of 

 greetings and to enable the laggards "to 

 make their number," a move was made for 

 the marshes. The Master decided to try 

 down the canal, so hounds were put to water 

 just below the lock gates. No trail being 

 touched all the way down to the Teignbridge 

 Cricket Ground, they were called off, and 

 taken across to the River Teign. At what 

 was termed the Hay Stack Pool hounds 

 were cast on stream, and hardly had they 

 begun to hunt the water when they picked 

 up a trail, which they carried slowly up for 

 about half a mile, and on under the bridge. 

 About 100 yards or so, just where the back 

 water on the left bank enters, the trail 

 became much stronger, and a burst of hound 

 music announced the fact. Hunting closely, 



they carried the trail merrily up to Fishwick 



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