78 O'er Crag and Torrent 



come back, loose the terriers, work the 

 woods above the road first, and then, if we 

 did not find, cross to the lower wood and on 

 to the goyles below it. The top or upper 

 wood was drawn blank ; in the wood below 

 the road Blarney and Trap got a line (Turk 

 at the time was hunting to the right), and 

 away they went down the footpath leading 

 towards the brook, where they were joined 

 by Turk, and the three dashed across the 

 brook and up over the mound which 

 separated some comparatively open ground 

 from a small narrow goyle, thickly covered 

 with undergrowth and huge boulders of 

 rock. 



The dogs apparently divided here, Blarney 

 going down the goyle, and the other two 

 keeping along the ridge of the mound ; but 

 presently we hear Blarney has found and 

 got him. Ye gods ! what a row. Growl, 

 grunt, grunt ; worry, worry, worry ! Trap 



