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find. Then again, there is the fact that they were 

 able to hunt their fox for an hour and a half, and 

 had only those few minutes been taken advantage 

 of, instead of their being wasted by reckless and 

 unsportsmanlike riding, they would have been 

 nearer their fox. 



It is the duty of every man to make himself 

 acquainted with at least some of the rudiments of 

 hunting, if it is his intention to follow hounds. 

 Unless he does so he is sure to do harm un- 

 wittingly, and spoil other people's sport as well as 

 his own. A Master of Hounds cannot expect 

 the whole of his following to be past masters 

 in the science of hunting hounds ; but he has 

 a right to expect that men will stop when they 

 are told, and will not ride in the huntsman's 

 pocket when he is making his cast on a bad 

 scenting day. 



