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found here, ran for a while, then checked ; found again, 

 tongueing well, during which I saw the hare cross an open 

 patch where the dogs again checked. As I was working 

 them on this check I heard Tribe fire twice, and he then 

 called to me that the hare was breaking towards my side. 

 I nipped into a dry paddy field, outside the scrub, and the 

 hare broke into it, dragging a broken hind leg. I missed 

 a longish shot, first barrel, but bowled it over with the 

 second as it ran more or less in my direction, when, to my 

 disgust, it got up again and disappeared into a native garden 

 close by, whence the dogs soon dislodged it, Bousfield finally 

 bagging it. We then crossed over to the Polwatta lands, 

 near a cocoa estate belonging to Tennant, quickly getting 

 the dogs on to another hare, which gave a most exciting 

 run, in and out of cover, giving no chances, and eventually 

 breaking into standing paddy, running here, there, and 

 everywhere, finally falling to Tribe's gun by a very sport- 

 ing shot. Going on to other extensive lots of scrub we 

 ran some six or seven other hares, Bousfield and Tribe 

 each getting one and Tennant missing three, I getting 

 no shot. On to other places, one hare getting away unshot 

 at, until we came amongst the cocoa clearings, where another 

 hare was put out close by where I stood, running through 

 the cocoa, not getting far, however, as I stopped it first 

 shot. We were not done yet though, for a further move 

 resulted in another bag by Bousfield, whilst one more hare 

 got clean away. This ended a thoroughly enjoyable morn- 

 ing, our bag being eight hares and at least eight others 

 having been found and run, the whole of the work having 

 been done by these two little bitches, which, I think, may 

 be reckoned a very fine performance. 



Their very small size enabled them to run through the 

 nasty network of twigs in these scrubs just as easily as the 



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