24 THE HUNTING-FIELD. 



"vvere unknown. Of course the manners of tlie 

 men of both packs would be civil to gentlemen ; 

 but those of the men of the younger M. F. H. 

 would want that perfectly respectful bearing always 

 found in servants of really well- organised 4'amilies. 



Where a huntsman and his whips are aware 

 that the master of the pack knows as much, or 

 perhaps more of hunting than they do, it pro- 

 duces a deferential attention to his orders that a 

 less experienced sportsman could not command. 

 They are taught that they are the master^ s ser- 

 vayits ; the others hold themselves as artists, and 

 consider the hunting the hounds as resting with 

 themselves, and this produces a certain self-es- 

 timation, which is shown in their manner as well 

 as harboured in their minds. 



If I wished to make a man a thorough coach- 

 man, I should not be content with his being able 

 to drive four thoroughly broke horses who would 

 go of themselves, but after he had driven such I 

 would give him a dose of four heavy-mouthed 

 lazy ones, as also a team or two of some blind 

 and some groggy queer-disposed " Bokickers," 

 all and each with a different temper, and pro- 

 bably vice. When he can get the first along in fair 

 time, and keep the others on their legs and in 

 their places, I should call him a coachman : he 

 will then appreciate the pleasure of driving his 

 own team, and know what to do in emergency. 



