1 84 HUNTIXG THE HARE 



hercnhniits. She has run the path for quite eighty 

 yards, and only the older hounds ean carry the line 

 along it, the body of the pack casting about, and 

 showing a slight inclination to run heel. The hunts- 

 man, however, holds them forward, walking quietly 

 along the path, well in rear of those hounds who are 

 carrying the line. 



These tactics result in a pretty hit, for, although 

 the hare has run the road for eighty yards, she has run 

 her foil for at least twenty-five before flinging off, so 

 that the body hit the line out of the path while the old 

 hounds are still picking out the scent further along ; 

 but these at once go to cry, and the whole pack 

 flings briskly forward. The huntsman allows them 

 very ample room, knowing that puss has very likely 

 made her form not far away. See ! they have overrun 

 the scent, and, as they spread back fan-like to recover 

 the line, up jumps the hare and ofl" they go, running 

 in view for a short distance, and then taking up the 

 line with a chorus which at once proclaims a scent. 



The whipper-in is lying wide, and succeeds in turn- 

 ing the hare out of a broad sandy path which would 

 otherwise undoubtedly have caused a check ; and 

 away they go over the open heather at a pace which 

 tries our wind terribly. The pack head straight for a 

 sort of island farm which lies on a hill side in the 



