In Old Virginia 



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listening to the baying of the pack getting 

 closer and closer. 



With instinct akin to thought it starts to 

 skulk from cover until it gets fairly started, 

 when it makes a bee-line for the crossing 

 where the nimrod waits in great excitement 

 for the approach. By this time the hounds 



Skulking from Cover. 



have reached the spot where the game started, 

 and away they go in full chase, pell-mell with 

 the oldest in the lead. 



The baying, yelping, and barking makes 



