CHASE OF THE WILD RED DEER 



93 



tufters. Twang, twang, goes the huntsman's horn, 

 and back go the two couple to covert, to try again 

 for the ' real animal.' 



I am not going to follow them further now, as I 

 hope in a future chapter to describe at length the 

 incidents of a run. What I have said will sufficiently 



The right animal. 



indicate what the object oi tufting vs.. If a covert were 

 drawn with the pack, it would frequently happen that 

 the hounds would divide on a dozen deer, leaving 

 the stag, of which the field are in search, still in his 

 lair, in which he would lie close and fast until he 

 heard the chase far away, when he would quietly 



