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and many a hare has been accounted for in 

 this way that would otherwise have been lost. 

 "Pricking" is not so simple as imagined; it 

 requires a keen eye and a good lot of practice, 

 with a knowledge of being able to discover the 

 spoor or footprints of a hunted hare. These 

 prints are much larger and broader when a hare 

 has been hard run than when quietly jogging 

 along a road. In his day he was a very good 

 and bold rider. When he was approaching 

 his seventieth year he had a nasty fall above 

 West Burton. His horse stumbled at a fence, 

 and he fell on his side. About ten days after, 

 when out hunting on Abbotside and cantering 

 along with him, I noticed he had two or three 

 sharp twitches, evidently in his side. Knowing 

 how hard he was, I asked Dr. Willis to call and 

 examine him. He did, and said, " Mr. Chapman, 

 you've got two or three ribs broken." "Ah!" 

 replied my father, "I thought there was something 

 wrong ; I'll soon blow them out again with a 

 few good doses of porridge." Needless to say the 

 doctor sent him a good stiff strengthening plaster. 



