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tongues rather than any other source of information with regard 

 to the hne the hare has taken, leave them as much alone as 

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

 do 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 wand, and, above all, 

 he must have that determination to be with them which the 

 genuine love of the sight of a pack of any hounds in full cry 

 will alone give him. 



