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If you should, after a good day's sport, 

 run a fox to ground in a neighbouring 

 hunt, according to the laws of fox-hunting, 

 it is not correct to dig him. If you run 

 him into a main earth, the best way will 

 be to leave the place with as little delay 

 as possible, to prevent any misrepresenta- 

 tion that might lead to a misunderstand- 

 ing ; for no people (I will not even except 

 the riders of the present day,) are so jealous 

 of each other as masters of foxhounds. 

 But if you should run your fox into a drain, 

 or any hole that is not a regular fox-earth, 

 it is then thought fair to bolt him in any 

 way you can, except by digging; but on 

 no account must you allow a spade to 

 enter the ground. It may be your hunted 

 fox, or it may not ; though, if he goes to 

 ground in a main earth, it is most likely 

 you have changed, as a fox will seldom go 

 into an earth with which he is unacquaint- 

 ed. Under-ground fox-hunting is but poor 



