CUB-HUNTING 201 



reward of the constant follower, the envy of 

 the absent one, and ten times more enjoyed 

 for being unexpected. 



Countries vary so much in the proportion 

 of woodland they contain, and in the stock 

 of foxes that may be depended upon, that 

 the circumstances of each district influence 

 the character of cub-hunting. Where coverts 

 are extensive and numerous, and litters 

 abound, cubbing may mean the deliberate 

 killing down of a great number of cubs in 

 the interests of the sport that is to follow, 

 and far beyond what is required for blooding 

 hounds. When foxes are well preserved, 

 and in plenty, a Master does well to kill a 

 large number, for there is this amount of 

 truth in the saying, "The more foxes you 

 kill, the more you will have," that owners 



