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is to kill tliese wild moorland foxes. In tKe 

 Lake District, I believe they used to dig out 

 when terriers could not bolt the fox, and give 

 him to the hounds. Surely it is more sporting to 

 make a bagsman of him, and thus get the chance 

 of a run another day, and very often a good one. 

 But as foxes were much more numerous in the 

 Lake District than in our country, possibly they 

 were justified in killing them as they could. 



Our fixtures for " baggies " were mostly at 

 the village inns in the valley, preference being 

 given to those where a hound was kept, 

 and before " Renny " was turned down, it was 

 a custom to have a " whip roiuid " for the 

 huntsman, or the man who had got the fox. 

 The Master mostly headed it with half-a-croAvn, 

 others with a shilling or two, so that the hunts- 

 man often got a sovereign, with which he was 

 quite content. 



In the summer we had several days after 

 otters ; and I can remember at least six otters 

 being killed by our hounds. So they really were 

 a rununy all-round little pack. I remember my 



