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CHAPTER XLII. 



" The pack full opening, various, the shrill horn 

 Resounding from the hills, the neighing steed 

 Wild for the chase, and the loud hunter's shout." 



Scurry the second A dip into the vale Harmony of huntsman and 

 first whip Jem and his master Over the hills ami far away 

 Dropping sterns and dropping astern Blood and condition will 

 tell ' Up the hill, spare me' Trying it on foot Jem beats his 

 master at pedestrianism Short, sharp, and decisive. 



, Will, what next ?" asked the old master of 

 his huntsman. " This little burst has opened their 

 pipes, and now they want something better to do. 

 We shall find a fox, I suppose, at Hazelgrove, under 

 the hill ?" 



" Yes, sir, that's a pretty sure find ; but I'm a 

 thinking there's that other we whipped off from the 

 gorse not likely to have left the downs yet awhile, 

 and I can partly guess where he is. Those gents, 

 sir, want one more gallop of this sort just to satisfy 

 'em quite entirely that the hounds can beat 'em out 

 and out, and then we can have a nice quiet hunting 

 run in the vale to finish with; and I'll undertake to 

 say, however moderate the pace, there arn't a horse- 

 man out who can ride over 'em. They are nearly 

 pumped out already, sir, and one more go over this 

 turf will just put 'em all in their right places." 



" Then, Will, let them have it." 



" And so they shall," muttered Jem between his 



