224 THE DIARY OF A HUNTSMAN 



scent sometimes, till moved by the whipper- 

 in ; also, a slow huntsman is apt to dwell. 



Drafted — When hounds are put by, not to be 

 kept, they are drafted. 



Earths are drawn — When a vixen fox has 

 drawn out fresh earth, it is a proof she intends 

 to lay up her cubs there. 



Eye to Hounds — A person is said to have a good 

 eye to hounds, whose eye in the chase is 

 always fixed on the leading hound or hounds ; 

 by which he has a great advantage over others, 

 as he turns his horse's head immediately which- 

 ever way the leading hound does, which saves 

 an angle. 



Elope — A halloo, to get hounds away, and also 

 notice for men to come away. 



Flighty — A hound which is not a steady hunter 

 is called flighty ; also when the scent changes 

 from good to bad repeatedly, it is called 

 flighty. 



Forward — A halloo implies, to get on ; or that 

 the hounds are running ahead of you. 



Feeling a Scent — A term used when any hound 

 smeUs the scent ; when bad, it is said they can 

 scarcely feel the scent. 



Foil — When a fox runs the gi'ound over which he 



