8 THE LIFE OF A FOXHOUND. 



cause them. I am far from meaning by this 

 that you are not to maintain your rights ; on 

 the contrary, you, like everything that lives, 

 not only possess them, but are bound, in self- 

 defence, to support them. There is as much 

 danger, if not more, in always giving way to 

 the domineering of tyrants as in acting the 

 tyrant yourself; although," continued Trim- 

 bush, with a growl at the reminiscence, " the 

 results proved the same here not more than 

 three seasons since." 



" How was that? " inquired I. 



" Why," replied he, " in all packs there is 

 a master hound, who lords it over the rest just 

 as he pleases. Now it frequently happens that 

 this master becomes a regular bully, and so 

 worries and torments his companions, that 

 there is no living in comfort with him. We 

 had a governor of this kind three years ago, 

 and what do you think we did ? ' ' 



*' Can't say," rejoined I. 



" Killed and ate him," returned Trimbush, 

 with no mare concern than if speaking of the 

 death of a rabbit. 



" Killed and ate him! " repeated I, 

 horrified. 



" Ay," rejoined he, " marrow, bones, and 



