172 CDe Wetislepdale Rounds 



over the West Witton peat road, with hounds 

 viewing, and close on his brnsh, which he just 

 saved by getting to ground in that strong earth 

 on the ridge in Penhill Craggs. Needless to say, 

 I was much annoyed, as the hounds were close 

 on their fox when the man yelled them away, 

 and but for this delay of quite twenty minutes, 

 the hounds would most assuredly have killed 

 their fox, and thus got the blood they so richly 

 deserved. 



Much more could be written about the drag- 

 ging up to a fox, as well as the questing of a 

 hare. 



A Master or huntsman with an eye for hounds, 

 should readily be able to discern the difference 

 even with a mixed pack. Hounds when on the 

 drag of a fox mostly bristle and put their hackles 

 up, and look miich wilder and keener than when 

 on the quest of a hare. 



There are also many points to be observed 

 in questing to a hare, as frequently before 

 she squats she makes a double, and invariably 

 takes an off-leap of six or eight feet to the 



