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prevented the hounds hearing the halloo, and would 

 be doing actual mischief. 



But a whipper-in has often opportunities of 

 assisting in getting hounds to a halloo when getting 

 to them, ^vithout rating, which would be of no use. 

 It is when a halloo is heard down wind, and the 

 hounds cannot hear it. If the huntsman is not 

 there, he had better cap them on, till they are 

 within hearing of the halloo, then pull up, and let 

 them pass with a " Hark, halloo ! " But some men 

 "vvill ride back to the hounds, and, forgetting that 

 they cannot hear it, begin rating and smacking 

 their whips to no purpose ; except that it makes 

 it still more difficult for the hounds to hear the 

 haUoo. 



If a halloo is heard at a distance by the whipper- 

 in, and neither the huntsman nor hounds hear it, 

 when at a check, he had better get half-way between 

 the haUoo and the hounds, and then halloo himself, 

 till the hounds or huntsman come ; for if he went 

 all the way to the halloo there would be the same 

 chance of his not being heard also. 



If a whipper-in views a fox, on the opposite side 

 of the cover to the huntsman or not, he should 

 most distinctly halloo — either " Tally-ho back," or, 

 " Tally-ho away " — to let the huntsman and field 



