64 In Scarlet and Silk 



system, and I have often thought that instead 

 of meeting at 11 or 12 o'clock at the end 

 of the regular hunting season, when the days 

 are drawing out and evenings are fairly light, 

 that a much later hour for the tryst would 

 produce far better sj)ort. Towards Easter 

 time the ground is frequently as dry as a 

 turnpike road, and we often find that hounds 

 only begin to run just as we are leaving off 

 and going home. 



