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expeditious of their own. However, about half- 

 way, Fox, a puppy that had hitherto been what 

 the above-quoted authority called " a sleepin' 

 partner of the chase," wandered into an iron- 

 toothed trap, and I think his dolorous yelpings 

 diminished the ardour of the others for a bit. 

 I ordered Duran to annex the trap, which we 

 handed over to the headman of the next village 

 to take to the gendarmerie, and we arrived at 

 our happy hunting-grounds without any further 

 mishap. 



I have already described Kasici, but I ought 

 to add that above the road the ground is rocky 

 with thorn bushes ; below it, varied, part arable, 

 but mostly] grass with little patches of covert 

 and stiff fences, and, facing as it does due west, 

 it is an ideal place for hares. 



Hounds, being uncoupled, began to feather 

 at once, but whilst the beagles worked to the 

 right, the little hounds kept nearer to me, and 

 in less than five minutes I heard old Kex's " yap, 

 yap ! " I ran forward, but I suppose not far 

 enough, for when the hare broke she took off 

 the contents of both barrels, and made off up 

 the hill. I followed the hounds for a bit till I 

 found them checked, and, a boy telling me they 

 had gone right up the peak, I coupled up the 

 beagles and went back. Seeing the dachshunds 

 feather in a tangled bottom, I released the others, 



