SCIENCE OF FOXHCJNTING. 45 



elude the trap, becoming fat and lazy, fall an easy 

 prey to hounds. None but old dogs, which have 

 escaped their numerous enemies for three or four 

 seasons, know much about the country eighteen 

 miles from home ; and as these are very few, runs 

 of this length must of necessity be rather of rare 

 occurrence. 



