oSO HUNTING DIRECTORY. 



Dogs wounticd by the Wolf. 



suffered from some balls, which almost every gentleman 

 present asserted to have been his own. 



Having opened our canteens and taken some refresh- 

 ment, I ordered the carcase of the wolf to be thrown to 

 the hounds ; and the greater part of it was soon de- 

 voured ; but the French hounds would not touch it. 

 On examining the dogs, we found that one of Consul's 

 ears was almost bit off; Caustic was sadly cut on the 

 side of her face ; and the rest a little injured. Vixen 

 had escaped with only a bloody nose : that was, indeed, 

 a severe wound for a terrier ; but she did not seem to 

 mind it ; and indeed they all suffered much less than I 

 expected. 



Thus terminated, about ten o'clock, what I had been 

 so anxious to see — a wolf hunt ; and I had now ascer- 

 tained what might be done by fox hounds." 



However highly our Continental neighbours may esti- 

 mate a wolf hunt, it would seem, in the estimation of an 

 English sportsman, very inferior indeed to a run with a 

 fox. Colonel Thornton observes, that they never think 

 of running down a wolf, nor indeed does the English 

 sportsman of the present day ever wish to run down a 

 fox ; but, on the contrary, to run well tip to him. Fox 

 hunting woidd lose its essence and spirit were the fox to 

 be merely run down ; but from the language used by 

 Colonel Thornton respecting the wolf, running him down 

 would seem to be regarded as next to an impossibility ; 

 and it would appear from his superior speed, that run- 

 ning up to him would be no easy matter, even with the 

 fleetest hounds in the world. 



