ADVICE ON FOX-HUNTING 



lots on each of it, you are in a capital 

 position ; and when those in the road throw 

 up you can press on without fear of over- 

 running the scent. Do not hurry the 

 hounds in a road, and beware how you 

 encourage one that is always making a 

 hit under these circumstances. If you make 

 too much of him you will turn him into a 

 rogue. Always acknowledge to your master 

 when you have lost the fox, and do not 

 go dragging on, and slip the hounds into 

 a covert and count the fresh fox you find 

 as the one you have been hunting. Your 

 master may wish the covert drawn in a 

 different way. Be cheery in drawing woods ; 

 make plenty of noise, so that the hounds 

 may know where you are. If they are very 

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