228 HUNTING THE HARE 



sports whirli it fosters, may hare-hunting ever 

 flourish ; and certainly, from the number of packs now 

 engaged in the pursuit, and the great interest shoAvn in 

 breeding and improving the harrier, there appears to 

 be little doubt that this time-honoured sport will con- 

 tinue to hold its own amongst the other outdoor 

 pursuits which make country life in England so well 

 worth living. 



