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Jenks, and Grey were the names of the dogs, 

 the first two being much the best. 



We proceeded very cautiously, as the crust 

 was so frosty and the air so still, we could not 

 avoid making noise. The tracks occasionally 

 showed blood ; that told us the maker of them 

 had sore feet, and justified us in the conclusion 

 he did not go far before yarding. When 300 

 yards or so on these tracks, Eover, our leader, 

 followed by Eeady, threw up their heads, left 

 the tracks, and made a straight road more to 

 the westward. E. said to me, " Look out, 

 they have got his scent, and have gone direct 

 to him. Quicken your pace, so as to be as 

 near as possible when they come to him." 

 Scarcely had we hooped her up, and started 

 those awkward feet of mine into a livelier gait, 

 when we heard the dogs giving tongue, as my 

 old hunter called it. " They have rounded 

 him up. Hurry ! hurry ! while they hold him 

 at bay, and get a shot." Eeader, take a good 

 look at me if you want a hearty laugh, as that 

 word hurry started me. My feet got here, 

 there, and everywhere, tangled in bushes, 

 jammed between trees, pitching me now in 

 one direction, then in another, until they 



