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Many huntsmen seem to forget that foxes are noc- 

 turnal animals with heavy coats, and are far easier 

 to kill in the open with the sun on them than in the 

 comparative darkness of a covert. Killing foxes in 

 covert more often than not falls to the lot of the idle 

 hounds that do no work and stand about waiting for 

 the others to drive them out. 



What we want to do in cub-hunting for our ultimate 

 pleasure in the season, is to teach a pack to hunt a fox 

 to death with its nose, and not use eyes for that 

 purpose. 



