the quality of the scent ; the worse- 

 the scent, the more time the 

 hounds want to puzzle it out. 



On this system the hounds are 

 got to the required spot in the 

 very shortest tinie^ with every 

 hound busily at work, and with 

 his nose tied to the ground. 



On the opposite vulgar plan, 

 the huntsman galloping off to his 

 fox, hallooing his hounds from a 

 distance, his noise drives the 

 hounds in the first instance to 

 flash wildly in the opposite direc- 

 tion ; four or five minutes are lost 

 before the whip can come up and 

 get to their heads, then they are 

 fiogged up to their huntsman, the 

 hoimds driving along with their 

 heads up, their eyes staring at 

 their huntsman's horse's tail, 

 looking to their huntsman for 

 help, disgusted, and not relying 

 upon themselves, especially the 

 best and most sagacious hounds. 



