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hunt them on foot, be up to them, see them 

 from start to finish, and tell me how you got 

 on and what you think of it." 



Personally, were I to criticise hare- 

 hunting, I should say that too much of 

 the chief diversion is the monopoly of the 

 huntsmen — certainly the days I have thor- 

 oughly enjoyed have been those when I 

 carried the horn myself. Again, with fast 

 harriers or 20-inch fox-hounds, you must 

 ride, but then you would do better with 

 fox-hounds. If you went on foot, nature 

 must have been lavish in her gifts if you 

 have the physical power, courage, and en- 

 durance to enable you to keep near enough 

 to see the beautiful detail of harrier work ; 

 and, finally, when you have killed your hare, 

 it is rather a miserable-looking trophy that 



