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to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the 

 spectators." The Puritan has his successors in 

 the present day, especiaUy when they have a log 

 to roll. 



But the reader may judge for himself from 

 some of my own experiences. On one occasion 

 hounds ran a hind fifty minutes at top pace 

 before she soiled. It was a select few who saw 

 the latter part of that gallop. And when the 

 hind was ready she came out of the stream, and 

 sauntered carelessly amongst the field and to 

 within a short distance of the hounds. Then she 

 trotted away, jumped a hedge, and began to 

 graze. And some slow hunting took place before 

 she condescended to be put into the cart again. 

 Another run of an hour and forty minutes ended 

 in the deer soiling. One of the gentlemen 

 present, who was close to the deer, slipped his 

 hunting whip round his neck, and out came the 

 deer, who was led over three fields in this fashion 

 to the deer cart. Now neither of these deer were 

 a bit concerned at what happened ; they took it 

 as all in the day's work. You can also have fine 

 sport with harriers in a harrier country, where the 

 hares are stout. Low country hares are generally 

 fat and weak and what they call in Cumberland 

 poor travellers. 



A man with a couple of hunters can manage 

 three days a week or five days a fortnight easily if 

 hounds meet at all handy. The three days a 

 week are easily managed if his horses keep sound 

 and he arranges his hunting wisely. Indeed 



