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equal aptitude. I have known him, after a hard 

 morning's work in the woods, say to his whippers- 

 in, " Let him go next time he tries to break." 

 And then after a scurry of about a mile in the 

 open, he would handle his fox. " It does hounds 

 more good to kill a fox in the open like this than 

 to chop half a dozen in covert," he would say, 

 " but the first fox you let go away like this you 

 must take care to kill." 



Some people have an idea that a fox is very 

 easy to kill in covert. There cannot be a greater 

 mistake, as any huntsman of experience will admit, 

 when in the confidential mood. 



