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and the rest of tlie pack will recollect it also, and 

 know the rate, and that it does not go for nothing, 

 and fly at aword: thus — " Ga-a-t away I Des-pe-rate ! 

 ga-a-t away, ga-a-t away ! you-on, you-on ! cup, 

 cup ! " But instead of this, when the hounds are 

 running riot, they are often desperately exerting 

 themselves by standing up in their stirrups and 

 bawhng, " War hare, war hare ! get on there ! 

 get away ! " which, besides being of no use, the 

 young hounds get so used to hear it, that they take 

 no notice of it ; and at a distance, say the other side 

 of the cover, is mistaken by men and hounds, too, 

 for a view-halloo. Hounds are often seen Hstening 

 to it, and men even often call out, "Hark! halloo!" 

 And when these clever fellows fancy they know 

 the hounds that were guilty of riot, and see them 

 in the open probably half an hour afterwards, they 

 ride at them, intending to cut them in two almost, 

 when they either hit or ride over some other hound ; 

 and even when they hit the right, the hound does 

 not know what it was for. But one often sees 

 another foolish thing done. When hounds are at a 

 check or cold-hunting, a whipper-in has not till then 

 been able to get at a hound which has been running 

 riot, and takes the opportunity to give him a cut ; 

 the consequence is, that the cry of this hound will 



