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to behold in all animals attached to a kind master, a 

 word or wave of the hand being sufficient to recall 

 or turn them in any direction. 



The place of the second whipper-in, when hounds 

 are drawing covert, is at the tail of the pack, to 

 watch their proceedings, and if perfectly satisfied 

 that any are running riot, to stop them directly ; 

 but he is not to be too hasty in his conclusions, 

 and should be convinced by ocular demonstration, 

 since a hound given occasionally to malpractices 

 will be right sometimes. The huntsman's conduct 

 at this time will be his best guide, to whom he is 

 considered as an especial attache, waiting generally 

 his directions and orders. When he cheers all is 

 right, and for that cheer the second whip must 

 wait, as a rule, before taking upon himself to de- 

 cide. Even seeing is not always believing. A 

 hare may be running the same line as the fox, 

 which we have often seen, and lookers-on would of 

 course say they were running riot. We knew 

 otherwise ; but it is the huntsman only, or clever 

 first whip, who could distinguish at a glance by 

 the hound's manner whether they were right or 

 wrong. Hounds should not be hurried when 

 drawing covert, time and room being allowed them, 

 or you will draw over many foxes in the course of 

 the season on bad scenting days or windy weather. 

 In thick sedgy underwood foxes will lie very close, 

 and not move until nearly pushed out by the 

 hounds. Whether they are judges of good scent- 

 ing days, from the fact of their occasionally hunt- 

 ing down their game, we do not pretend to say. 



