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coverts with two couple of slow musical 

 hounds (such as bassets a jainbes di^oiies, 

 with one man 'to hunt them) to any number 

 of beaters. Thirdly, if beaters are to be 

 used (and few will have hounds with them 

 in Albania to avoid this necessity), let them 

 leave their dogs at home and go silendy. 

 The occasional tap of a stick or a whistle 

 will move the pior fast enough. In urg-ino- 

 this, I am only repeating a sportsman's axiom 

 which applies to all sorts of game, but the 

 result of its application in Albania should 

 be phenomenal. I firmly believe that every 

 pig along its seaboard knows that fiendish 

 yells, shouts of Dai^ramos, and yelping of 

 curs, simply mean danger in front, and 

 breaks back if he can. Lastly, of course, 

 a sufficient number of guns to cover the 

 ground should form the party, the nature 



