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play. If sheep or cattle are in sight he can tell 

 at a glance if they have passed in their vicinity, 

 and, in fact, the very direction they took. Every 

 flock of fowls, farm dog, or cur of low^ degree is 

 an indicator. If a band of horses, he can tell 

 whether the hounds were close upon or far be- 

 hind the fox. If there is a crow or jay bird in 

 the neighborhood, he can locate the fox, as both 

 are inveterate enemies of the fox, and will not 

 only "peach" upon him, but do everything in 

 their power to advise the world at large of the 

 fox's presence. All of these signs would be as 

 "Greek" to the novice. 



Every country has its own style of horn; the 

 small straight copper horn with brass mouthpiece 

 and leather case used in England, is well known 

 to all. The French brass hunting horn, with its 

 winding tubes and flaring base; the cornet or 

 bugle of Italy and Spain are not so familiar. In 

 this country the Eastern hunt clubs have adopted 

 the English horn, the New England hunter uses 

 the bugle, while the hunter of the South and 

 West, where great stress is laid upon the tone and 

 quality of the horn, uses the cow horn. Many 

 hunters have horns that have been handed down in 

 their families for successive generations and they 

 prize them very highly, treasuring them as family 

 heirlooms. In night hunting there is a peculiar 

 charm, a mysterious sweetness about the tone of 

 a good, well-blown horn that no other musical 



