i8 HUNTING. 



scenting day and on good scenting ground cast 

 them quickly. On bad scenting days and bad 

 scenting ground cast them more slowly. 



The hounds nine times out of ten will have 

 cast themselves up wind and have indicated by the 

 way they swing themselves which way your fox 

 turned ; but whether he turned to the right or to the 

 left, it is almost a certainty that he turned down wind. 

 If therefore they do not pick up the line by them- 

 selves, prolong their up wind unaided cast, just to 

 satisfy yourself he has not gone up wind, and then 

 cast them down wind without loss of time. 



Make your casts wide enough and over the 

 best scenting ground you can find. 



Remember your fox may have got in somewhere 

 inside your circle. 



It is well to remember that a fox will pass over 

 earths that are open and then change his mind and 

 turn sharp back to them. 



Do not make any fancy casts until you have 

 made all the orthodox ones. 



While casting whippers-in should leave the 

 hounds quite alone. They are often too fond of 

 interfering with them. Nothing sounds so bad as 

 " Let 'em alone, Bill." 



Be cautious before going to a holloa. With 

 most people every fox they see is the hunted fox. 

 They will sometimes holloa because they see the 

 hounds, sometimes because they saw the fox an 

 hour ago. It is therefore often the quickest way in 

 the end to send a whipper-in, or some one you can 

 really trust, to make sure the holloa is a true one, 



