FEBRUARY FILL-DYKE 



" Governed by the watery moon 

 May send forth plenteous tears to drown the world." 



—Richard III. 



The fiist day out after a month's frost. How 



thoroughly one enjoys it. We have lost a 



month's hunting, but the month's frost has kept 



things ni:ely back ; there is now no probability 



of an eary spring, and at any rate the hunting 



season is aire to last till late into April. So, after 



all, the prcspect is a cheery one, with the outlook 



all in f avoir of open weather, and, as we say to 



ourselves i dozen times as we ride on to the 



kennels on the first open day, " It is mild for 



the time of year." 



The first open day after a month's frost is 



not always Dne on which much sport is seen. 



Everything s against sport, even the weather, 



for immedia.ely after a frost scent is always 



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