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scene leading a brace of wire-haired terriers, and 

 strapped on his back was a Lonsdale patent pick 

 and spade with which he went promptly to work, 

 cutting down into the drain. The whipper-in, with 

 the help of a terrier, was able to draw the fox by 

 his brush, and wriggling at arm's-length flung him 

 away. For a field he led them, and then the leading 

 hound shot out and scored the first kill of the 

 season. Once again we summon Mr. H. Cumber- 

 land Bentley to our aid : — 



"Their 'hackles' are up, they are running to kill, 

 Till Firr's loud ' Whoo-whoop,' ringing out from the hollow. 

 Awakens the echoes of valley and hill." 



The Silver Whistle. 



