196 HUNTING THE HARE 



duration which were the dehght of our forefathers. 

 I lares may have been stronger in those times ; pro- 

 bably they were to some extent, owing to being more 

 thinly scattered about the country, and accustomed 

 to travel greater distances in search of food and of 

 each other ; but the main reason must be the greater 

 pace at which modern hounds are able to do their w^ork. 

 For good or for evil the old type of bow-wowing 

 harrier is gone, and has been succeeded by a more 

 rapidly working animal ; but we w^ill discuss the 

 peculiarities of the modern harrier in another chapter. 



