THE LIFE OF A FOXHOUND. 85 



*' I thought the scent came from the pads," 

 remarked Levity. 



** And what made ye think that ? " sneered 

 the old hound. 



" I don't exactly know," replied Levity; 

 " but certainly such was my opinion." 



* • Then never express such a foolish one for 

 the future," rejoined Trimbush. ** If it 

 came from the foot, how could we carry a 

 good head in a body, and each have a fair 

 share of the scent ? We should have to run 

 and follow each other in a string, and one or 

 two might do the work, after drawing, as well 

 as twenty or five-and-twenty couples. Again, 

 if it came from the foot, how could we carry 

 it through water. I say, and ought to know 

 something about the matter," continued the 

 old hound, emphatically, " that the scent 

 proceeds from the entire animal. The back, 

 belly, head, foot, brush, and — and— and — 

 exactly so, and every part else." 



Old Mark was now heard approaching, 

 which at once put a stop to the discussion ; and 

 as soon as the good old man saw that I was 

 lame he examined my feet and washed them 

 with something which he took from a bottle 

 hung by a piece of string to the button-hole of 



