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Singularity constitutes an essential part of a 

 huntsman's halloo : it is for that reason alone 

 I prefer the horn, to which, I observe, hounds 

 fly more readily than to the huntsman's voice. 

 Good voices certainly are pleasing ; yet it might 

 be as well, perhaps, if those who have them 

 were less fond of showing them. When a fox 

 is hallooed, those who understand this business, 

 and get forward, may halloo him again;* yet 

 let them be told, if the hounds go the Contrary 

 way, or do not seem to come on upon the line 

 of him, to halloo no more. With regard to its 

 being the hunted fox, the fox which every man 

 halloos is the hunted fox in his own opinion, 

 though he seldom has a better reason for it than 

 because he saw him. Such halloos as serve to 

 keep the hounds together, and to get on the tail 

 hounds, are always of use : halloos of encourage- 



* Should a fox be hallooed in cover, while the hounds 

 are at fault ; if thev he long in coming, by getting forward, 

 you may halloo the fox again, perhaps, before the hounds 

 are laid on ; by which means you will get nearer to him. 

 In cases like this, a good sportsman may be of great use to 

 hounds. There are days when hounas will do their business 

 best if let quite alone ; and thei'e are days when they can 

 do nothing without assistance. Let them be assisted at no 

 other time. On a bad scenting day, or when hounds may 

 be over-matched, you cannot assist them too much. 



