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CHAPTER XLII. 



" The pack full opening, various, tlie shrill horn 

 Resounding from the hills, the neighing steed 

 Wild for the chase, and the loud hunter's shout. " 



Scurry the second — A dip into the vale — Harmony of huntsman and 

 first whip — Jem and his master — Over the hills and far away — 

 Dropping sterns and dropping astern — Blood and condition will 

 tell — ' Up the hill, spare me' — Trying it on foot — Jem beats his 

 master at pedestrianism — Short, sharp, and decisive. 



"Well, Will, what next V asked the old master of 

 his huntsman. " This little burst has opened their 

 pipes, and now they want something better to do. 

 We shall find a fox, I suppose, at Hazelgrove, under 

 the hill V' 



" Yes, sir, that's a pretty sure find ; but Fm a 

 thinking there's that other w^e whipped off from the 

 gorse not likely to have left the downs yet awhile, 

 and I can partly guess where he is. Those gents, 

 sir, want one more gallop of this sort just to satisfy 

 ^em quite entirely that the hounds can beat ^em out 

 and out, and then we can have a nice quiet hunting 

 run in the vale to finish with ; and Fll undertake to 

 say, however moderate the pace, there arn't a horse- 

 man out who can ride over ^em. They are nearly 

 pumped out already, sir, and one more go over this 

 turf will just put ^em all in their right places.^^ 



" Then, Will, let them have it.'' 



" And so they shall," muttered Jem between his 



