CHAPTER XI. 



pedes quo te rapiunt et 



HOR. 



" Thus on the air depend the hunter's hopes." 



SOMERVILE. 



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. 

 Muschenbrock — Results of Experiments — Mr. Smith upon "Metal." 



Of all glorious uncertainties none is greater than 

 that of scent — the one great thing needful in hunting, 

 next to the animal to be hunted. Without scent there can 

 be no sport with dogs, except for those who can substi- 



