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Whips together; one to the body^ the other to 

 the tail hounds of the pack. 



I now saw my friend gather up his reins, clap 

 spurs to his horse, and off he w as going in a 

 canter. "Hold hard!" cried I. He pulled up 

 and came back. " Where the deuce was you off 

 to?'' said I. 



" Why, did you not hear the Huntsman?'' 



" I did/' said I. " He view^ed the fox, and 

 wished to collect his pack, in which you hear the 

 Whips are assisting him." 



"Well," said my friend, "I have heard you 

 say a man should be on the alert to get off in a 

 good place. The fox is viewed, and here are we 

 standing still." 



" My good fellow," said I, " a fox viewed in 

 cover is not exactly a fox viewed out of one ; and 

 if the cover was a large one he might be viewed 

 a dozen times, and require a pretty good share of 

 mobbing before he would be got out, though this 

 is not the case here. AVhere can we be better ? 

 We are out of sight, though we command the part 

 where a fox would, nine times in ten, break. We 

 are down w ind, so can hear all that is going on ; 

 and as we can't drive pug out, though the hounds 

 will, here we had better remain unless we see 

 good reasons to move." 



Shortly after we heard the full chorus in cover 

 coming towards us. " Tm^n your horse's head 



