HUNTING DIRECTORY. 271 



Of finding and hunting the Wolf. 



Manner of Hunting the Wolf ivltk Hounds. — To 

 succeed in this mode of hunting, the greyhounds must, 

 above all things, be placed in the manner as before de- 

 scribed. You must then post on the side of the thicket 

 at which you wish to prevent the wolves from issuing, 

 ten or a dozen men, each provided with a rattle, to be 

 employed on the occasion. Care must be taken to 

 station them at the distance of sixty paces from each 

 other, more or less, according to the extent of the thicket. 

 When every thing is ready, the leader gives the order ; 

 and the dogs are immediately taken to the brisecs to be 

 let loose. The whipper-in holds the dogs to the brisees 

 in the thicket, to make them take the scent ; and then 

 conducts them along the track, towards the spot where 

 he supposes the wolves reside, continually encouraging 

 them by the cries of hala ila la tayau veleci aller. He 

 blows his horn from time to time, to animate them in the 

 pursuit. The noise of the dogs will perhaps make the 

 wolf quit his kennel long before they come up ; but 

 sometimes he waits till they are close to him before he 

 breaks. If the huntsman perceives him, he must then 

 call to his dogs in these terms — Velelau, velelaii, Jiarlou, 

 harlou, veleci aller. He will then sound his horn, to 

 make them follow the traces, and then cry — Harlou 

 chiens, harlou veleci aller. When the dogs have taken 

 to the traces, they will not fail to rouse the wolf, and 

 pursue him with eagerness : the huntsman will then 

 sound his horn, to animate them still more. 



The wolf thus pursued will, perhaps, hang cover 

 before he breaks it, that he may obtain the advantage 

 of the wind in his flight ; but the men stationed to keep 



