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some soft to the hounds, the exact amount being 

 according to the depth of his pocket and the 

 frequency of his hunting. Farmers and covert- 

 owners who preserve foxes well, are the sole ex- 

 ceptions. It is not easy to fix a regulation amount, 

 though many counties are now trying to do so. 

 ;^5 to ;i^io a horse, according to the number of days 

 a week the pack hunts, may be taken as a rough 

 guide for the man who hunts all the season through. 

 The soldier, however, rarely does so with the same 

 pack ; he may hunt with one or two packs near his 

 station, go on leave to a better country for a time, 

 and perhaps go home, and so to a fourth country for 

 the rest of his leave. 



^5 to ^10 a horse to three or four different packs 

 for a month, or a few weeks' hunting with each, will 

 work out to more than the majority of soldiers can 

 afford, but luckily most countries are good to 

 soldiers, and do not expect from them the same 

 amount as they do from those who hunt with their 

 hounds all the season through. 



There are a few countries, however, which are not 

 so considerate, chiefly because they are bound, in 

 self-defence, to do all they can to reduce the size of 

 their fields. We sympathize with the Hunt Com- 

 mittees and the Secretaries of these most sincerely, 

 but we hope that they may see, at any rate, the title 

 of these pages, and that, having pondered over it, 

 they may decide, not only that the case of the 

 soldier who only hunts with them for a few weeks 

 is an exceptional one, but also that it is good to 



