216 EXPERIENCES OF SPORT. 



went up to dine with the party at the auberge 

 that evening, and we found, by a huge fire, and 

 quite snug and comfortable, the lazy would-be 

 chasseurs. They had turned out at about one 

 p.m., and resolved to have a hunt ; and for that 

 purpose had let out my dogs, and almost im- 

 mediately found a chevreuil, but not being 

 mounted, they could not follow the hounds, and 

 on being blown, and obliged to give up, ex- 

 claimed 



" Tiens : quelle fortune ! Monsieur Millard 

 will not lose his animals ; he is sure to search 

 the forest through for his old dog, and will no 

 doubt come across the rest." 



I regularly " opened on them," and they 

 took their weeds out of their mouths in sur- 

 prise, to think I could be guilty of such rude- 

 ness as to let out at them for having a hunt. 



After dinner, at about eight o'clock, we all 

 turned out to see how the night was ; it was 

 snowing and freezing fearfully. The village on 

 the top of the hill, with the forest, in its vast 

 extent, lying far below us, and extending for 

 miles and miles. Twenty of us turned out, 

 then, on this wild winter's night ; there were 



