HUNTING DIRECTORY. £67 



Method of training a young Blood Hound to hunt him. 



cover the little avenue oi' glade by which he may have 

 entered : he will caress his blood hound, and afterwards 

 break the branches at the entrance of the thicket. After 

 he has convinced himself that he has discovered the 

 track of the wolf, he will return to the company to make 

 his report ; but if he had no other intention than to 

 exercise his dog, or if it is a considerable time since he 

 dislodged the wolf, he may, as soon as he has reconnoi- 

 tred, return to the inclosure of broken boughs to dis- 

 cover the traces, then push on and dislodge the wolf, 

 and follow the drag to the haunt, caressing his blood 

 hound and continually using the above-mentioned terms. 

 If the blood hound be young, his ardour will abate on 

 approaching the haunt, because the scent of the wolf 

 naturally inspires dogs with terror, and there are very 

 few which dare venture to follow him by themselves. 

 It is, therefore, necessary to speak to him a good deal, 

 in order to animate and embolden him to pursue ; and 

 he should be much caressed on the track. With regard 

 to the haunt, I shall observe here, that wolves frequently 

 change them, according to the diiierence of the season ; 

 for instance, in summer they choose an open place among 

 the grass, on which the sun shines a little ; but in winter 

 they repair to the recesses of the woods or thickets, 

 among heath or fern. They seldom fix their abode 

 beneath very high trees, excepting they find there very 

 thick bushes, or abundance of fern or rushes. 



In what Manner it may he discovered that the Blood 

 Hound has got Scent of a Wolf. — It is very difficult to 

 get sight of a wolf, on account of his great swiftness : 

 he even scarcely leaves behind him any traces, excepting 



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