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he is satisfied with their performance in 

 covert, there is little doubt but that they 

 will do well in the open; hounds that can 

 kill a Fox quick in covert seldom fail out 

 of it. 



I was out the other day in a large wood- 

 land in Wiltshire, and very much pleased 

 with a pack of hounds I saw at work ; they 

 kept close together at their Fox, and killed 

 him handsomely in forty-three minutes. I 

 only saw them cross two fields out of co- 

 vert, but it was enough to convince me 

 they could do the thing well over a coun- 

 try ; indeed I have heard from an excel- 

 lent judge, that they are quite as good out 

 of covert as they are in. The pack consisted 

 chiefly of the Beaufort sort. 



Sportsmen differ in opinion with regard 

 to the best wmj of entering hounds. A very 

 celebrated one once told me, he thought 

 the most preferable method was to enter 

 them to Hare in the spring : I never could 



