200 Otters and Otter-Hunting. 



the quarry has gone down- stream {cf. Up- 



water). 

 Draft. — To remove hounds from the pack. 

 Drag. — The trail of scent left by an Otter, by 



which he is traced to his couch or holt. 

 Drain. — A favourite place for an Otter to lie up 



by day. 

 Enter. — To take young hounds into the pack and 



teach them their work. See also Blooding. 

 Feathering. — Hounds, before being quite certain, 



feather, or move their sterns quickly, when 



they think they have hit off the drag. 

 Flash. — To over-run or flash over the drag, or the 



holt in which an Otter is lying. 

 Foil. — To spoil the scent by walking over the 



ground. Hounds '' swim the foil " when they 



get the scent or " ream " on the water. Some- 

 times used for Drag {q-v-)- 

 Gaze. — To view the Otter. " Heu gaze! " is still 



sometimes used for ''Tally-ho!" 

 Heel. — To hunt the drag in the reverse direction 



to that in which the quarry has travelled. 

 Hide. — The temporary retreat of a hunted Otter, 



such as a tree-root, hole in the bank, or heap 



of brushwood. 

 Hold Hard. — (i) An admonition to the Field not to 



press on hounds or over-walk the huntsman; 



