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then find it a more expeditious method to sink 

 a pit as near to him as they can. You should 

 always keep a terrier in at the fox, for if you 

 do not, he not only may move, but also, in loose 

 ground, may dig himself further in. In digging, 

 you should keep room enough ; and care should 

 be taken not to throw the earth where you may 

 have it to move again. In following the hole, 

 the surest way not to lose it is to keep below it. 

 When your hounds are in want of blood, stop 

 all the holes, lest the fox should bolt out unseen. 

 It causes no small confusion when this happens. 

 The hounds are dispersed about, and asleep in 

 different places : the horses are often at a consi- 

 derable distance; and many a fox, by takmg 

 advantage of this favourable moment, has saved 



his life. 



If hounds are in want of blood, and they 

 have had a long run, it is the best way, 

 without doubt, to kill the fox upon the earth ; 

 but if they have not run long, if the fox is 

 easy to be digged, and the cover is such a 

 one as they are not likely to change in, it 

 does the hounds more good to turn him out 

 upon the earth, and let them work for him. 

 It is the blood that will do them most good, 

 and may be serviceable to the hounds, to the 



