352 HUNTING. 



Full-cry : originally used of the chorus of tongues when all the 

 pack acknowledge a burning scent ; but the phrase now is 

 generally taken to mean that period of the chase when the 

 hounds are fairly settled on the line, and all, hunted and hunters, 

 are doing their best — a period when hounds are as a rule going too 

 fast to have much wind to spare for any musical performances. 



Harbourer : the man whose business it is to mark down for the 

 huntsman the covert where a warrantable stag is lodged, or 

 harboured. 



Hark-forward : the huntsman's cheer to his hounds to encourage 

 them on the scent. 



Headed : used of the fox and hare, as blanched of the deer. 



Heel : see Counter and Foil. 



Hind : the female of the red deer. 



Holt : see Couch. 



Hover : same as Holt. 



Jack-hare : a male hare. 



JUMPING-POWDER : a facetious name for any stimulant taken to 

 cheer a fainting heart, on the old principle of keeping spirits up 

 by pouring spirits down. 



Kennel : the lair of the fox either above or below ground. 



Latchfords : a name applied to the spurs from a celebrated 

 maker of those useful implements. 



Leveret : the young of the hare up to a year old. 



Lift : to take the hounds from the point where they have lost the 

 scent quickly forward without waiting to cast on the chance of 

 hitting it off again. A hazardous game to play, but sometimes 

 very effective with a clever huntsman on bad scenting days. 



Mask : the head of the fox. 



MORT : the note blown on the horn at the death of the deer. 



Oxer : a diabolical sort of fence peculiar to the grazing countries, 

 and named from its being designed to keep the cattle in their 

 pastures. It consists of a tolerably high and strong hedge with 

 a rail on one side, perhaps on both, standing out just far enough 

 in the field to turn a horse neatly over after he has cleared the 

 hedge, and a ditch someivhere. 



Pad : the foot of the fox. 



Pate : the head of the fox. 



Pearls : the rough circular bases of the stag's horns. 



Rights : a stag is said to have his rights when his antlers show 

 the full number of points, ' brow, bay, and tray, and three on top.' 



