44 Recollections of the Vifie Hunt. 



the field, and that he was often useful in assisting the 

 hounds. It betrays the imperfect constitution of the 

 pack, consisting probably of drafts from different 

 kennels, with some unsteady hounds flashing at rab- 

 bits, and some old and worn-out ones keeping the 

 others back. It incidentally confirms the fact that 

 Mr. Chute did not then possess the Freefolk wood 

 country; for he describes minutely the woods and 

 fields up to the turnpike road at Ashe ; but as soon 

 as he has passed that boundary, he is uncertain as to 

 the names of some of the principal covers, because he 

 had got out of his own country. 



