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the consequence. Where the cover is thick, 

 you should draw it as exactly as if you were 

 trying for a hare, particularly if it be furzy ; 

 for when there is no drag, a fox, at a late hour, 

 will lie till the hounds come close upon him. 

 Having drawn one cover, let your huntsman 

 stay for his hounds, and take them along with 

 him to another : I have known hounds find 

 a fox after the himtsman had left the cover. 

 The whippers-in are not to be sparing of their 

 whips or voices on this occasion, and are to 

 come through the middle of the cover, to be 

 certain that they leave no hounds behind. 



A huntsman will complain of hounds for stay- 

 ing behind in cover. It is a great fault, and 

 makes the hound that has it of little value ; — 

 a fault frequently occasioned by his own mis- 

 management. Having drawn one cover, he 

 hurries away to another, and leaves tlie whip- 

 per-in to bring on the hounds after him : but 

 the whipper-in is seldom less desirous of getting 

 forward than the huntsman ; and, unless they 

 come off easily, it is not often that he gives him- 

 self much concern about them. Also, hounds 

 that are left too long at their walks will acquire 

 this trick from hunting by themselves, and are 

 not easily broken of it. Having said all I can 



