TO HUNTSMEN 



and at all events enough to go on with, be- 

 cause the pack are running another, do not 

 stand blowing, still less move a field or two 

 away and blow, but gallop back as quickly 

 as possible, get up wind of your hounds, 

 and blow them away. If by good luck they 

 happen to throw up for a moment, out they 

 will come to your horn, and you can lay 

 both ends on the line together. Unless the 

 fox goes straight away up wind, it is almost 

 always better to blow your hounds out at a 

 place where the fox has not gone, and lay 

 them on all together. Always have one 

 way of blowing when the fox is away — one 

 that neither the field nor the hounds can 

 mistake — and unless the latter are running 

 very hard, you will see how they will come 

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