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in a line for a covert they were going to 

 draw, to have the appearance of a disturbed 

 fox, and the fox to be turned down in it. 



On going to covert, a favourite hound, 

 called Partner, feathered on the scent. The 

 huntsman exclaimed in exstacy, " old 

 Partner touches on him ; a fox by G — d ! 

 we shall certainly find in the next covert ;" 

 they found the bag-man, and had a tolerable 

 run ; but when they killed him, not a 

 hound would eat him ! " Now, Sir," said 

 his Lordship to the farmer, " you have de- 

 ceived the huntsman and the field, but you 

 cannot deceive my hounds." 



Next to turning out bag-men, lifting 

 of hounds is the most prejudicial. They 

 should seldom be taken " off their noses," 

 nothing is gained by it in the end ; hounds 

 that are seldom lifted, will kill more foxes 

 in the course of a season than those that 

 frequently are. Some years ago, when hunt- 

 ing with the Duke of Grafton's hounds in 



