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especially if we have crossed the River Bain, but 

 twice we have got over the difficulty and killed. 

 On the last occasion I spotted a hare in her form, 

 rode close past her, and then, fetching the beagles, 

 told the huntsman the hare had a white star on 

 its forehead, and two very large white streaks 

 below the ears. We ran for two hours and ten 

 minutes, and though the huntsman had laughed 

 when I told him about the streaks, he held her 

 up when we killed, and said, ' You were per- 

 fectly right. This is the hare we started with, 

 for here are the marks right enough.' The 

 hounds had kept well to the line, though other 

 hares had several times crossed it ; and I now 

 have got the stuffed head at home." 



