CHAPTER V 



REMINISCENCES 



There are very few Masters in the country who 



hunt fox in winter and otter in summer with the 



same hounds, and fewer still we imagine who have 



killed an otter and a fox on the same day. The 



latter feat was performed by the Master of the 



South Tetcott, whose hounds found and killed an 



otter on the River Othery, after which they 



unkennelled a fox cub, and after rattling him about 



a bit, eventually brought him to hand. 



One of the few packs hunting both fox and otter 



is the Ynsfor, a private pack owned by Major 



Evan Jones. His country lies in Carnarvon and 



Merioneth, Snowdon and the adjoining mountains 



lying within its borders. The Master is his own 



huntsman, and hounds are followed on foot, owing 



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