TO HUNTSMEN 



heel line of another fox which has left the 

 covert since you did. I have often been 

 laughed at for doing it and told to trust 

 my hounds; but even if they are running 

 hard, and I come across a man who has 

 seen the fox, I do not think a few seconds 

 are thrown away in finding out which way 

 the fox's head was. As my father used to 

 say, take every advantage you can of your 

 fox. He will take every one he possibly 

 can of you. 



Look out along a road. It is a curious 

 thing, but hounds hardly ever turn out of 

 one exactly where the fox has gone. They 

 either go too far or more commonly not far 

 enough. If you can manage to get half the 

 pack in the road and the other half in two 

 5i 



