^'72 HUNTING DIRECTORY. 



Method of inducing Ihe Wolf to break Cover. 



him in will make use of their rattles, the sound of which 

 will head him, and make him go off without having the 

 advantage of the wind. While the wolf is thus in sus- 

 pense concerning the way he shall take, he is briskly 

 pushed by the dogs, supported by the huntsman, who 

 will incessantly keep crying — Ha yfidt la chiens, yfuit 

 la ha ha. He will then .sound two blasts, and again 

 begin hallooing — Hou veleci aller, veleei aller. At length 

 the wolf finding himself pressed by the dogs, the cries 

 of the hunters, and the noise of those stationed to keep 

 him in, resolves to escape by the place where he hears 

 no noise, which is precisely the part next to the open 

 country. He stops a moment at the skirts of the wood, 

 to observe whether he can see any person, and he imme- 

 diately sets off to cross the plain. He is suffered to 

 advance about one hundred paces, when the levriers 

 d'estric, and afterwards the others, are let loose upon 

 him, on the plan already mentioned. Two horsemen, 

 at the same time, ride after him, to oblige him to con- 

 tinue his course, as it is of great consequence that he 

 should be kept in it : but for this he would escape, as 

 the attempt to run down a wolf is scarcely ever made. 

 To command success in the latter case, you ought to be 

 perfectly sure of your relays — that the dogs were trained 

 exclusively to the chase of the wolf — that there were 

 neither deer nor boars in the forest. This kind of chase 

 would, besides, be long and fatiguing, because the wolf 

 is rarely blown : he runs a long time, never ahead, almost 

 constantly viewing him for six or seven hours together. 

 The greyhounds placed in ambush greatly abridge this 

 chase, and likewise render it more amusing and certain 

 to the spectators. 



