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them, doing it in such a way that they do not 

 realise they are obeying your will, and only 

 think they are following up their own cast. 

 In this way you will get them on to clean ground, 

 feeling for the scent as they go, and giving you 

 little hints now and then as to the direction of 

 the line. 



When your fox is quite ' beat/ leave your 

 hounds alone altogether, as there is very little 

 scent at that time, and he may lie down or hide 

 anywhere. At this period of the run you must 

 never get your hounds' heads up, unless you can 

 make certain of giving them a view. 



