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Sometimes the scent is better early in- the 

 morning, but very often it is worse ; and, 

 on an average, it is better after nine o'clock 

 than before. 



In cub-hunting, the great object is to 

 get blood for your young hounds. If you 

 find a litter of cubs, the stouter they are 

 and the longer they run the better, and the 

 more good will be done to your hounds ; 

 you are sure of killing, if you will but have 

 patience and perseverance, — two necessary 

 virtues, with which a huntsman above all 

 men should be endued. 



I never found any benefit in getting up 

 in the middle of the night, which you must 

 do if you have any distance to go, and 

 purpose meeting at day-break in the be- 

 ginning of September. At the same time, 

 I do not approve of working hounds in 

 very hot weather : I know from experience, 

 it is sometimes attended with fatal conse- 

 quences, — I once suffered very severely 



