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to see what is going on, and that they take 

 an interest in the situation ? Again, to show 

 how the Hon. Grantley Berkeley studied the 

 nature of the fox-hound, he said : — 



'' I remember a young bitch, who had not 

 entered well, was out once when we ran a fox 

 from the Harrold Woods to a drain. She was 

 very fond of me, and always seemed to watch 

 every look and turn of my head, and while I 

 was standing with one foot in the entrance of 

 the drain to keep the hounds from wedging 

 themselves in, she came up to me to play. 

 During the time that we were digging the fox 

 out, I pretended to scratch eagerly at different 

 places myself, and while I did so, half in play, 

 she would stand on her hind legs and scratch 

 my shoulders, and sometimes assist me in 

 working at the holes. She was in the midst 

 of the pack when they killed their fox, and, 

 though a Httle alarmed, from that day she 

 became useful and began hunting, and she 

 turned out a wonderfully good bitch. By 

 thus permitting my hounds to indulge their 

 natural propensities, and by letting them 



