2oS HUNTING THE HAKE 



CHAPTER III 



THE PURSUIT OF THE HARE 



In order to hunt the hare we must first find her. In 

 September or the early part of October, when, to 

 avoid the heat of the day, it is necessary to be out 

 betimes in the morning, the drag of the hare may 

 be struck and hunted up to her form, but later in 

 the season this is seldom possible. In some parts of 

 the country, and on some soils, the drag seems to 

 last much longer than it does in most places ; in parts 

 of Wales this is the case, and there hounds can often 

 hunt a hare up to her form when the day is well 

 advanced ; certain hounds, too, have the- faculty of 

 doing this when the majority of the pack can make 

 nothing of it, but generally speaking this is not the 

 way in which hares are found in the present day. 

 To know where to look for a hare requires local 

 knowledge of where the creatures generally lie ; 

 plenty of likely-looking ground may be searched in 

 vain for ever, and it is in particular liclds, and even 



