" High o'er tliy liead wave thy resounding whip." 



SOMEEVILLE. 



" The huntsman's self relented to a grin, 

 And rated him, almost, a whipper-in." 



Don Juan. 



Whipper-in— Advantages of Practical Explanation— Anecdote of a Mira- 

 cle—Essentials in Whipper-in— Duties in Kennel, and in the Field- 

 Discrimination — Passive Obedience— Tom Ball. 



Having now bestowed some time upon the character 

 of a huntsman, let us come to his aides-de-camp, or 

 whippers-in ; characters, in their own department, not 

 a whit less important to the well-being of the concern. 

 It will not be amiss for any novice in ''the science," to 

 review it in all its bearings. If I am tedious on the subject 

 of these contingencies, it is because I am anxious to omit 

 as few links as possible in the chain of general obser- 

 vations upon the management of a pack of foxhounds. 

 Had I the pen of Nimrod, I should not expect to im- 

 prove many servants by the most erudite thesis upon 

 their duties. Their knowledge is, and must be, chiefly 



