FOX AND HOUND 



hounds, how they fly forward to recover the ground 

 they have lost! — Mind Lightning, how she dashes; and 

 Mungo, how he works ! Old Frantic too, now pushes 

 forward ; she knows as well as we the fox is sinking. 



* Huntsman ! at fault at last ? How far did you 

 bring the scent? — Have the hounds made their own 

 cast ? — Now make yours. You see that sheep dog has 

 coursed the fox : — get forward with your hounds and 

 make a wide cast. 



* Hark ! that halloo is indeed a lucky one. — If we 

 can hold him on, we may yet recover him ; for a fox so 

 much distressed must stop at last. We shall now see 

 if they will hunt as well as run ; for there is but little 

 scent, and the impending cloud still makes that little 

 less. How they enjoy the scent ! — See how busy they 

 all are, and how each in his turn prevails. Huntsman ! 

 Huntsman ! be quiet ! Whilst the scent was good you 

 pressed on your hounds : it was well done : when they 

 came to a check you stood still and interrupted them 

 not ; they were afterwards at fault ; you made your 

 cast with judgment and lost no time. You now must 

 let them hunt ; — with such a cold scent as this you can 

 do no good ; they must do it all themselves ; lift them 

 now, and not a hound will stoop again. — Ha ! a high 

 road, at such a time as this, when the tenderest-nosed 

 hound can hardly own the scent ! — Another fault ! 

 That man at work there, has headed back the fox. 

 Huntsman ! cast not your hounds now, you see they 

 have overrun the scent ; have a little patience, and 



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