230 WITH HOUND AND TERRIER. 



was out of sight. No whipper-in could turn her, 

 no horn recall her ; and it was not till some tw^o 

 hours after the Master had reached home that 

 she generally made her appearance at Inwood. 

 Sometimes, however, she would make her way 

 leisurely back to the kennels and sneak in during 

 the evening. 



Such unhound - like conduct was not to be 

 tolerated, so the order was given for her to be 

 caught and coupled to another hound. She was 

 then forced to trot home with the rest of the 

 pack, but she did so with her stern down and an 

 expression of unspeakable sadness upon her face. 

 She soon showed that she had a soul above such 

 tyranny, for after she had been captured once 

 or twice, it was enough for a whipper-in to dis- 

 mount and begin unbuckling the couples for her 

 to make off. Indeed so sharp did she become that 

 at last the Master did not dare to give the order 

 for her to be caught, or to allow the jingling of 

 the couples, but he arranged beforehand that she 

 should be secured before the end of the day's 

 sport. It was not long before Rama was on her 

 guard even against this early capture, and with 

 a look at the hunt servants she would turn and 

 gallop off before the last covert was drawn. 



Raleigh, a brother of Rama, was also a peculiar 

 hound, and in his first cub-hunting season showed 

 an extraordinary objection to coming out of covert 

 with the other hounds. He would follow to the 

 side of the covert, and it was very funny to see 



