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closely," or in other words, not spread too 

 widely. They should hunt patiently and 

 slowly, working out the line of their own 

 accord and on their own initiative, without 

 " lifting " or " casting," except in the case 

 of emergency or a bad " check." 



As regards the hare, I think we may 

 accept it as an axiom that she goes away 

 straight, after being put up, as long as she 

 is in view, and then commences to perform 

 a variety of antics and dodges, such as 

 doubling, crossing and recrossing her line, 

 or taking a series of prodigious jumps to one 

 side or the other ; if near a broad bank, 

 such as is common in the west of England, 

 she will spring from a surprising distance on 

 to the top of the bank, travel perhaps its 

 whole length, and then take another enormous 

 jump off it. On two occasions once when 

 out with the Roborough Harriers and once 

 with the Taunton Vale the writer has seen 



