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better be turned down in the earth In the 

 manner described in Chapter III. and the 

 earth should not be stopped during the next 

 hunting season, or until such time as the 

 foxes have taken well to It and made It their 

 home. One has to risk being pitched into 

 by the M.F.H. should he run a fox to 

 ground there ; but, never mind ! the foxes, 

 when they find it a secure asylum, will take 

 to it all the quicker, and you will then be 

 well repaid later on, and the master will 

 smile again when your coverts are never 

 drawn blank ! 



Never allow a terrier to be put into your 

 artificial earth, as the smell remains for a 

 considerable time, and destroys the foxes' 

 sense of security In it, and will most probably 

 prevent the vixens from laying down their 

 cubs there. 



Never under any circumstances make a 

 '' chamber " in the earth ; doing so is one 

 of the chief causes of artificial earths being 

 so objectionable. It becomes full of filth 

 of all sorts, mangy foxes love to kennel 

 in it, as they can sit up and scratch, and 

 often die there, and this will infect the 



