BEHIND THE VEIL IN BIRDLAND 



The Fox of the mountains, when hunted with dogs, always 

 makes for the high, rugged ground, where there are plenty of 

 rough boulders about, and, hiding under these, it is no easy task 

 to dislodge him. In these hunts, which are always carried out on 

 foot, for horses could not traverse the rough ground, a mixed 

 breed of dogs is used ; in fact, it often happens that not a single 

 hound is seen amongst the pack. The chief idea in using dogs 

 is not actually to follow the Fox, but to dislodge him from his 

 fastness amongst the rocks, and the men standing around with 

 guns await his outgoing. 



In the Fauna of North Wales, by my friend Mr. H. E. 

 Forrest, there is an interesting account of a celebrated huntress 

 who lived in the Snowdon district. This Catherine Thomas kept 

 several small Welsh terriers, and with these she is said to have 

 captured one hundred and seventy-five Foxes, and for each one 

 killed she cut a notch in her mantelshelf. 



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