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with regard to the line the hare has taken, leave them as much 

 alone as you can, so that you do not suffer them to potter, and 

 if you should take them in hand, do it as quickly as possible 

 when you are at it. Running after beagles is no child's play, 

 if you would be near enough to the little fellows as they crowd 

 on to the line of their hare to note those niceties of the chase 

 which may perhaps be seen to as great advantage with beagles 

 as with any other hounds. To accomplish this a man must 

 be blessed with a good pair of legs, good wind, should be able 

 to tell by the use of his ears which way hounds are running, 

 and, above all, he must have that determination to be zvith them 

 which the genuine love of the sight of a pack of any hounds in 

 full cry will alone give him. 



Of all delights that earth doth yield, 

 Give me a pack of hounds in field, 

 Whose echo shall throughout the sky 

 Make Jove admire our harmony, 

 And wish that he a mortal were 

 To view the pastime we have here. 



Sir Marteine Lloyd, an authority of the highest rank, has 

 kindly consented to give fjome results of his experience, and 

 his contribution follows. 



I have been asked to add a short contribution to the 

 Beagle section of this chapter, and to make a few observations 

 on the Harrier and Beagle Association which was formed in 

 March 1891, so far as it relates to the latter hound. 



As I have hunted beagles myself for the last twenty-six years, 

 and previously to that hunted with my father's pack ever 

 since I was eight years old, I am very pleased to have the 

 opportunity of adding my quota of remarks on a subject which 

 is of great interest to myself. If, in addition, they should be of 

 use to anyone forming a pack, I shall not have written in vain. 



The beagle has been much neglected for years. Until 

 lately there was apparently no regulation about him, and small 



