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CHAPTER V. 



HUNT SERVANTS. 



THE DUTIES OF A HUNTSMAN IN THE FIELD. 



THIS is a subject most difficult to treat on paper. The natural 

 answer that would be given to an inquirer, by anyone of long 

 experience in the hunting field, would be, * If you would learn 

 the business of a huntsman go and hunt with one of good 

 repute, and exercise all your intelligence and common sense in 

 explaining to yourself the why and the wherefore of the various 

 things you observe him do.' 



Our Library being intended for the use of beginners in 

 various sports and pastimes, we must, however imperfectly, try 



