262 HARE-HUNTING 



education for fox-hunting than to begin with a 

 pack of foot-beagles. It not only teaches him 

 the principles of hunting, but gives him a good 

 idea of getting the shortest way to hounds. The 

 few hints I have given may, I hope, be of 

 service to the beginner, but experience aided by 

 careful observation is the best tutor a man can 

 have. 



My little pack are only twelve and a half inches, 

 but they have this season killed thirteen brace of 

 hares out of* fifty hunting days ; so that when I 

 plead for small hounds in a grass country, you 

 will see that I do not ask you to undertake an 

 impossible task. 



