FULL-CRY: originally used of the chorus of 

 tongues when all the pack acknowledge a burn- 

 ing scent; but the phrase now is generally 

 taken to mean that period of the chase when 

 the hounds are fairly settled on the line, and 

 all, hunted and hunters, are doing their best — 

 a period when hounds are as a rule going too 

 fast to have much wind to spare for any musical 

 performances. 



HARK-FORWARD: the huntsman's cheer to his 

 hounds to encourage them on the scent. 



HEADED : turned from the line. 



HEEL : see Counter and Foil. 



JACK-HARE : a male hare. 



JUMPING-POWDER : a facetious name for any 

 stimulant taken to cheer a fainting heart, on 

 the old principle of keeping spirits up by pour- 

 ing spirits down. 



KENNEL : the lair of the fox either above or below 

 ground. 



LEVERET : the young of the hare up to a year old. 



LIFT: to take the hounds from the point where 

 they have lost the scent quickly forward with- 

 out waiting to cast on the chance of hitting it 

 off again. A hazardous game to play, but some- 

 times very effective with a clever huntsman on 

 bad scenting days. 



MASK: the head of the fox. 



OXER: a diabolical sort of fence peculiar to the 

 grazing countries of England, and named from 

 its being designed to keep the cattle in their 

 pastures. It consists of a tolerably high and 

 strong hedge with a rail on one side, perhaps 

 on both, standing out just far enough in the 

 field to turn a horse neatly over after he has 

 cleared the hedge, and a ditch somewhere. 



PAD : the foot of the fox. 



PATE : the head of the fox. 



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