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towards yonder furze brake ; I wish he may have stopped 

 there. Mind that old hound, now he dashes o'er the furze ; 

 I think he minds him ; — now for a fresh entapis ; — Hark 1 

 they holloo ; — Aye, there he goes. 



" It is near over with him ; had the hounds caught a 

 view, he must have died. He will hardly reach the cover ; 

 — see how they gain upon him at every stroke ! It is an 

 admirable race ; yet the cover saves him. 



" Now be quiet, and he cannot escape us ; we have the 

 wind of the hounds, and cannot be better placed ; — how short 

 he runs ; — ^lie is now in the very strongest part of the cover. 

 — What a crash 1 every hound is in, and every hound is 

 running for him. That was a quick turn ! — Again another ! 

 — he's put to his shifts. — Now Mischief is at his heels, and 

 death is not far off. — Ha ! they all stop at once : — all 

 silent, and yet no earth is open. Listen ! — -now they are at 

 him again. — Did you hear that hound catch view ? they had 

 overrun the scent, and the fox had laid down behind them. 

 Now, Reynard, look to yourself How quick they all give 

 their tongues ! — Little Dreadnought, how he works him ! 

 the terriers too, they are now squeaking at him. How close 

 Yengence pursues ! how terribly she presses ! it is just up 

 with him. — Gods ! what a crash they make 1 the whole wood 

 resounds. — That turn was very short. — There — now ; Aye, 

 now they have him. — Who-hoop \" 



Twenty-five couples of hounds are enough to take into 

 the field at a time, they are a match for the best fox, if they 

 are steady ; too many hounds always yield less sport than a 

 proper number. Forty couple of hounds, will suffice for hunt- 

 ing three times a week, which is as much as any man ought 

 to do. 



Hounds will never run well together that have too many 

 old ones amongst them. Few hounds hold good more than 



