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he wants the fox to go in, draws up wind to give the hounds the 

 advantage of the wind, if the wind is not too high. If it is 

 and there is a good deal of noise in the tree-tops, he would 

 not draw up-wind, because a fox might be " chopped " 

 that is, pounced upon before he had got on his legs. The 

 object of hunting in the regular season is to provide runs 

 and kill foxes at the end of them, not to " mob " foxes in 



A WHIPPER-IN IS PLACED AT SOME VANTAGE POINT. 



covert. One would, perhaps, imagine that it would be a 

 good way to get the fox out by cracking whips and making 

 a noise, and not by putting hounds in covert at all. But 

 a fox well found is half killed, and huntsmen like hounds to 

 find and " come away " with their foxes. I know lots of 

 coverts in Ireland, and some in England, which are just 



