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in the early morning upon tracks of deer made in 

 soft ground the night previous and afterwards 

 freezing, and have utterly refused to "own the 

 line," but later on in the day when the ground 

 was thawed out by the sun, they had no trouble 

 in holding the same line at top speed. 



I have often seen hounds run equally well on 

 all kinds of ground, whether grass, stubble, 

 plowed land, road; whether wet or dry. This, 

 of course, is body scent, there being but little 

 wind the effluvia from the fox's body is not dissi- 

 pated, and the hounds could fairly revel in it and 

 carry it breast high; again, I have, on '*a cloudy 

 day with a light southerly wind" and a fairly 

 damp ground, seen hounds that should "burn up" 

 a line, potter along with frequent checks and 

 losses hardly able to speak it. 



Among the many peculiarities of scent may 

 be mentioned the following. While atmospheric 

 conditions undoubtedly have more to do with it 

 than any other one thing, it is not controlled 

 wholly by it. 



A fox in a quiet state gives but moderate 

 scent; when in active motion and heated up, the 

 exhalations, especially from the body and the 

 scent glands, permeate the air, float upon it, and 

 can be detected at quite a distance. In proof of 

 this I have placed a bagged fox near the kennels 

 to test noses of young hounds, and it is remark- 

 able how close it can be placed without even the 



