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should look to you for everything), and see that 

 all are attended. Couple up those that road 

 best so confined, and shack off home, treating 

 them on arrival as described in earlier pages. 



As to hound language, you will soon pick it 

 up. Very little is really needed, nor is it easily 

 put in print. The whip's rate should always 

 include the name of the hound, clearly and 

 twice repeated, if he addresses an individual, as, 

 " Curious I Get for'rard ! Curious I " the first 

 word attracting the desired hound's attention, 

 and the repetition enforcing the order. To a 

 would-be investigator of passing dogs, etc., he 

 may say, " Bachelor I Leave it ! Bachelor ! " or, 

 ^'^ Druid! 'Ware sheep ! Druid!'' etc., while the 

 pack may be rated, " All of yer ! Get for'rard ! 

 All of yer!'' or, ^^'Turn over to him," if they 

 straggle. Your own commands may run as fol- 

 lows : at starting, " Coop ! puppies. Coop ! come 

 away, l-a-a-ds ! " ; on finding, a sort of treble 

 scream, like " Yo-o-o-o-i ! for'rard ! for'rard ! 

 Go-o-ne away," as loud as you can yell, accom- 

 panied by a cheer to the hound that owns it, 

 as, ''^Prattler, hoick! Hoick, Prattler!" and 

 when they are drawing, " Yeo ! try for it ! Ye-o-o, 

 rouse him out ! Yeoo, work for him, puppies ! " 



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