I02 Horse and Hound. 



scent from coming in contact with the ground, 

 but this does not account for the absence of body 

 scent. 



The faster and harder a fox is pushed the 

 more body scent will he give off, and any expe- 

 rienced hunter will tell you that he has frequently 

 seen hounds under such circumstances running 

 with nose breast high many feet away from the 

 line. 



I have seen hounds enter a stream of swiftly 

 running water and come out on the opposite 

 shore exactly where the fox had left the water, 

 showing conclusively that they were guided solely 

 by body scent. 



Few fox-hunters will believe that water re- 

 tains scent, and I for years thought so myself ; in 

 fact, it was only recently, while on a deer hunt- 

 ing trip in the interior of Cuba, that I found the 

 contrary to be true. The deer would invariably 

 take to the lagoons and have to pass through low 

 lands covered to a depth of several inches with 

 clear, clean water; no bushes or vegetation were 

 near enough to retain particles of scent, and 

 enough wind was blowing to carry away any 

 body scent before the hounds reached these 

 points, but they never faltered, but owned the 

 line as correctly as if on the Blue Grass fields of 

 their native heath. I am supported in this state- 

 ment that water will hold scent by Mr. Isaac Bell, 

 M. F. H., Countv Galwav Hounds, Ireland; and 



