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with them again. The result 

 was that the hounds were never 

 happy without him, and when 

 lost w^ould drive up through any 

 crowd of horsemen to get to him 

 again, and it was very rare for a 

 single hound to be left out. 



It is impossible to over-rate the 

 mischief done to a pack of hounds 

 by leaving them out ; it teaches 

 them every sort of vice^ upsets 

 their condition, besides now ex- 

 posing them to be destroyed on 

 the railway line. There is no more 

 certain test of the capacity of a 

 huntsman than the manner in 

 which his hounds fly to him and 

 ivork for him with a will. 



Goodall, Old Musters, and 

 Foljambe were undoubtedly the 

 three master-minds of our day. 

 Their general system of handling 

 hounds was much the same, 

 though each had his peculiar ex- 

 cellence, and each has often said 



