288 The Hunting Field With Horse and Hound 



slot (foot-marks) of a boar that has crossed the road (they sel- 

 dom follow along in, or beside, the road). He breaks some 

 bushes and lays them in the road to mark the spot where the 

 boar entered the section at 1. The huntsman and hound then 

 move on to F and turn west to E, then south, when part of the 

 way from E to H the hound again halts and "feathers" to the 

 line of a boar that has crossed there from section 445 to 

 section 444. The footprints are again carefully examined and 

 noticed to be the same as were those met with at first. 



This place is also marked, and the huntsman and hound 

 move on to H, then to G, and D. On the way from D to E the 

 hound again hits the line, showing the boar to have left section 

 444 and crossed into section 44, then on they go to E and turn 

 north until they find that the boar has crossed the road, E — B, 

 into section 45. The huntsman goes on around section 45 back 

 to E. The hound having found no track going out of section 

 45, the game is located as to section. The huntsman now goes 

 down the lane from E towards C until he meets the lane from 

 F to B. He follows this lane from where they cross each other 

 to B. The hound having found no trace of a boar having 

 crossed the lane, the huntsman returns home about 9 or 10 

 o'clock and reports to the Master that he has located a boar in 

 the west quarter of section 45 ; that he is a five or six year old, 

 etc., etc. The Master consults a map of the forest and deter- 

 mines the method of attack, and where to station the riders and 

 the relay of hounds. 



In the meantime, the members and guests of the household 

 have come down at any time they feel inclined to find tea, 

 coffee, or chocolate, bread and butter and cheese on the dining 

 room table. Breakfast will be served at ten-tliirtj^ when for the 

 first time one is likely to meet with the familj^ except a stray 

 one now and again, who is taking the morning cup as you come 

 down, or before you have left the dining room. Breakfast is 

 over by eleven-thirty, and at twelve everytliing is in readiness to 



