142 HACKS AND HUNTERS 



If that calling down is not exactly in the manner of 

 the drawing-room, we must remember that in our 

 excitement we have probably often used the same 

 sort of language ourselves. Out hunting, a good rule 

 to follow is that "when a man apologizes and is evi- 

 dently sorry, you ought to accept his apologies in a 

 kindly spirit, even though he has jumped on the 

 small of your back." After all, in the hunting field, 

 as elsewhere, "the test of good manners is being able 

 to put up pleasantly with bad ones." 



