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tempt him into the covert. He is all ex- 

 citement as the old hounds speak, he follows 

 hard, and quickly learns to stoop to the 

 new scent. The season slips by, and 

 Wrangler has taken his place in the van. 

 He has learned to love a scent, and he is 

 keen in the struggle to find and proclaim 

 it, and when the primrose and "stinking 

 violets " announce that hunting days are 

 over, he can show a few goodly scars around 

 his youthful nose. But see him the next 

 season, as the horses go kennel fadge to the 

 meet, slipping along with both ends up ; 

 look at his waving stern and impatient eye 

 during the vexing delay before a move is 

 made ; mark him as he races to the covert 

 and bustles through the whins ; hark, as 

 with his full and musical voice he gives the 



