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HUNTING TEBMS. 



Billet.— The excrement of a fox.] 



Burst. ^The first part of a run. 



Burning scent. — When hounds go so fast, from the good- 

 ness of the scent, they have no breath to spare, and 

 run almost mute. 



Breast high. — When hounds do not stoop their heads, 

 but go a racing pace. 



Cap'ping. — To wave your cap to bring on the hounds. 

 Also to subscribe for the huntsman, by dropping into 

 a cap after a good run with fox-hounds. At watering 

 places, before a run with harriers. 



Carry a good head. — When hounds run well together, 

 owing to the scent being good, and spreading so wide 

 that the whole pack can feel it. But it usually hap- 

 pens that the scent is good only on the line for one 

 hound to get it, so that the rest follow him; hence 

 the necessity of keeping your eyes on the leading 

 hounds, if you wish to be forward. 



Challenge. — When drawing a fox, the first hound that 

 gives tongue, " challenges." 



Changed. — When the pack changed from the hunted fox 

 to a fresh one. 



Check, — When hounds stop for want of scent in running, 

 or over-run it. 



Chopped a fox. — When a fox is killed in cover without 

 running. 



Crash. — When in cover, every hound seems giving 

 tongue at the same moment : that is a crash of 

 hounds. 



Cub, — Until November, a young fox is a cub. 



