Chapter III. 



HAEE HUNTING. 



T THINK, after all these years, I ought to 

 regard the hare as one of my best friends, 

 for has it not been '' puss " who has provided 

 me with so many good runs, and sent such a 

 number of my good friends and neighbours to 

 their homes after a fine day's sport, singing the 

 praises of George Eace and his pack — a pack 

 that has brought him credit? Well, then, you 

 will forgive me for entertaining a great regard 

 for her. '^ The hare, gentlemen ! " 



I know that many people are under the 

 impression that hare hunting is but a trifling 

 sport. Perhaps, had they seen the runs I 

 have had with hares, they might have cause to 

 alter their opinions. 



But no pack of harriers can have sport if 

 the tactics are followed that I have too often 



