ADVICE ON FOX-HUNTING 



In cub-hunting when your orders are 

 to head the fox back, be careful to stand 

 well out from the covert, keep your eyes, 

 as the American saying is, skinned, and 

 crack your whip and holloa at the fox the 

 moment he shows his face ; it will be too 

 late to do so if he gets twenty or thirty 

 yards away before you see him. When you 

 have turned him back, let the huntsman 

 know by holloaing " Tally-ho-back ! " 



If you are in a ride which you have 



been told to prevent a fox from crossing, 



a little judicious use of your voice may 



help to do what is wanted, and will do 



no harm, as long as the pack are running 



with a good cry; but the instant they 



throw up, shut your mouth and tap your 

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