200 RUNNING IN COVER. 



When hounds are put to a check on a high 

 road, by the fox being headed back, if in that 

 particular case you suffer them to try back, it 

 gives them the best chance of hitting oft' the 

 scent again, as they may try on botli sides at 

 once. 



When hounds are running in cover, you can- 

 not be too quiet. If the fox be running short, 

 and the hounds are catching him, not a word 

 should then be said : it is a difficult time for 

 hounds to hunt him, as he is continually turn- 

 ing, and will sometimes lie down, and let them 

 pass him. 



I have remarked that the greatest danger of 

 losing a fox is at the first finding of him, and 

 when he is sinking; at both of which times he 

 frequently will run short, and the eagerness of 

 the hounds is too apt to carry them beyond the 

 scent. When a fox is first found, I wish every 

 one would keep behind the hounds till they are 

 well settled to the scent ; and when the hounds 

 are killing him, I wish them to be as silent as 

 they can. 



When he is caught, I like to see hounds eat 



him eagerly. In some countries, I am told, 



they have a method of treeing him : * it is of 



• The intention of it is, to make the hounds more eager, 



