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HUNTING TERMS 



A learner's programme TERMS ANCIENT AND MODERN 



S there are many terms used in hunting that 

 are as Greek to the uninitiated, it may not 

 be out of place to devote a few pages to the 

 explanation of them before we proceed 

 further. We shall then feel that our decks have been 

 cleared for action, that our house is in order ; or, as my 

 hunting friends might prefer to say, " We are all ready 

 with an early start to follow the line " ; we propose to hunt 

 in the following pages. 



First, however, let us find a comfortable seat, and spend 

 the evening talking horse and hound and hunting in gen- 

 eral. To-morrow morning we will visit the kennels, and 

 then call on "old Simpson," the earth-stopper, and get 

 him to tell us what he knows about foxes. After that we 

 will take a horseback ride, and jump a few fences for prac- 

 tice. In the afternoon we can drive out to see our first 

 fox chase from a carriage. In the evening we will pay 

 our respects to the master and huntsman, and the next 

 morning go early to the " meet," and then ** hack to 

 covert." We shall have a sure " find," and no doubt we 



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