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Jirsl across the ride. (Nothing is 

 truer than the old saying, " A fox 

 nicely found is half killed.'') He 

 would trot through the hollow 

 covert with his hounds behind 

 him, and an occasional blow of his 

 horn, to wake up any chance fox, 

 and get his hounds in the thick 

 covert, where they could not use 

 their eyes, as quick as possible, 

 and then give them as much time 

 as they liked. Nothing is worse 

 than hurrying hounds through 

 strong covert, or forcing them to 

 draw over again a covert when 

 they are satisfied that there is not 

 a fox in it. The blackthorn and 

 gorse coverts he would always 

 draw down the wind^ keeping 

 carefully behind his hounds ; by 

 so doing, lirst, the hounds have 

 their heads down, and never chop 

 a fox — they do not see him. The 

 fox hears them, and the wildest 

 fox is off at once, and the cubs 



