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Glossary — Drawing Coverts — Up or down wind — Instance of an up- 

 wind draw in a Spinney — Getting away with a Fox — The Burst — 

 Pressing him — Advantiige of a Start to the Fox — Mr. Smith's Idea of 

 a Fox's Knowledge of Scent — Covert side — " Coffee-housing " — The 

 Number of Hounds for an eifective Pack — Number in the Field — The 

 great Mr. Meynell, with a Hundred Couples out — Success of such a 

 Pack — Killing above Ground, and Digging — Drawing over Foxes — 

 Getting settled to one — "Ware Riot" — Mischief of Interference — 

 Hare and Fox on the same Line — Lawful Assistance, when admissible 

 and advantageous — A quick find — Liability to Riot in a long draw 

 Blank — Punishment of Hounds — A Day in Herts. — Average Sport — 

 The Find — " Gone away " — The first Ten Minutes — A Huntsman in 

 his proper Place ; how to keep it — Varieties of Soil — A Check — Eye 

 to Hounds, and last Recovery — Forward again — Racing for the lead — 

 Over-riding Hounds — Settling to Business — Hunting and Running — 

 Hunting a Fox, not riding him down — A View in Chase — The Thick 

 of the Thing — A Second Check at the Plough Teams — Headed or 

 not? — Huntsman's head required — Forward again and again — The 

 Field in high Feather — A sinking Fox — " Hang those Footmen, how 

 they holloa!" — A fair Finish — Whoo whoop! This run compared 

 with a better — Double Casts with divided Pack — The forward Principle, 

 the Rule of Fox-hunting — Drains — Going home — The Time for all 

 Things — Return to Kennel — Efiicacy of Hounds — Mr. Smith's Breed 

 of Foxes that can beat any Pack — Condition everything, and every- 

 thing depending on " System of Kennel " 141 



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System of Kennel — Baths — Feeding — Warmth — Diet — Ventilation — 

 Oatmeal — Vegetables — Mangel Wurzel — Sago — Biscuit — Milk — 

 Breeding — Walks — Sires and Dams — Generative Economy — Choice 

 of Whelps — Naming — Rounding — Dividing Pack — Drafting — Cub- 

 hunting — Going out in the Evening, an old Practice — Entering young 

 Hounds — Killing Cubs — General Responsibility of Masters of Hounds 194 



CHAPTER XL 



Uncertainty of Scent — Signs and Indications — Mr. Smith's Theory 

 disputed — Arguments in Proof of Scent coming from Body and Breath 

 of the Animal, and not from Touch of Pad alone — Exemplified by 

 Case in point — Old Wells and the Oakley — Effect of Dew upon 

 Scent — Ascent of Dew versus Descent — Experimental Philosophy — 

 Dr. Dufay and M. Muschenbroek — Results of Experiments — Mr. 

 Smith upon ^^ Metal." 223 



