TO WHIPPERS-IN 



cracking your whip and rating them, or you 

 will very likely drive them clean over the 

 line of scent, and on a bad scenting day are 

 nearly sure to do so. Your best plan is to 

 canter back towards the huntsman so as to 

 be ready to help him to prevent any of the 

 hounds from taking up the line heel way. 

 This stupid bungle is generally the hunts- 

 man's own fault, as he ought to cast his 

 hounds in front of him ; but sometimes on 

 windy days, when the fox has gone straight 

 down wind, it is a little difficult to prevent 

 it. When you are sent on to obtain informa- 

 tion from someone who has seen the fox, 

 find out as quickly as you can all he has to 

 tell you and then take off your cap, and 

 point out the fox's line. If you point with 

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