TO WHIPPERS-IN 



hounds will run him if there is any scent at 

 all, but he will very likely be lost if the 

 whole establishment goes forward and he 

 lies down and slips back without being seen. 

 Some huntsmen, on nearing a small covert, 

 are fond of catching hold of their hounds, and 

 holding them forward so as to hit the fox's 

 line if he has gone through. If this is done 

 it is an absolute necessity that one of the 

 whippers-in should hang back till the line 

 has been hit oif. If the covert is a large one, 

 the huntsman will, of course, go in with his 

 hounds, and the first whipper-in should take 

 a ride parallel to him, so that they may have 

 the hounds between them. If the hounds are 

 running down wind the second whipper-in 

 may with advantage get on to the far end, 

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