no Otters and Otter-Hunting. 



in every way. The position of " understudy " on 

 the stage is, I am told, a somewhat depressing one ; 

 and it may be made much the same in the hunting- 

 field. For his own sake as well as for that of his 

 Deputy, the wise Master will occasionally resign 

 the horn to the Deputy- Master — whom I presume to 

 be of his own selection and appointment — and 

 will, in the same way, invite him to preside at 

 feeding-time in kennels, visit the puppy-walkers, 

 and generally prepare himself in due time to succeed 

 to the Mastership. The " part " of Deputy-Master 

 may be " doubled " with that of Field-Master, 

 when the Master or Secretary will assume the duties 

 of the last-named official on days when the Deputy- 

 Master carries the horn. 



