202 Otters and Otter-Hunting. 



Lower-stickle. — Same as Bottom-stickle. See 



Stickle. 

 Mark. — (i) When hounds bay and tear at the 



entrance to a holt occupied by an Otter they 



are said to mark ; (2) sometimes used for 



Seal. 

 Marking-hound. — A hound that can be depended 



on to '' mark "at a holt occupied by the 



quarry. 

 Mask. — The head of an Otter. 

 Meet. — The rendezvous at which hounds and hunts- 

 men meet the Field before putting hounds to 



water. 

 M. O. H. — Master of Otter-hounds. 

 Move. — An Otter will often " move " when hounds 



have been taken away from a holt or drain 



after marking. 

 Notch. — The cut made on an Otter-pole to record 



a kill. 

 Otter-pole. — A pole of ash or bamboo, shod with 



steel, carried by Otter-hunters, and used for 



leaping or sounding purposes. 

 Out of Mark. — When an Otter is lying-up in a 



holt whose entrance is under water he is " out 



of mark." 

 Over. — To pass over an Otter is to leave him undis- 

 turbed in his holt, through the latter being 



'' out of mark." 



