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horse to understand, pass sideways down the road at the 

 head of the field, restraining the wagonettes and the hard 

 riders by voice and gesture as well as he can. 



If, instead of being in the road, the deer is trotting up and 

 down the fences, it is usual to send on a whip with a couple 

 and a half, who generally have to be dragged to the scene of 

 action with backward and protesting glances. This does not 

 look well either. It is a curious thing — I am now supposing 



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the deer to be looking serenely at the impatient hunt from the 

 angled corner of the same field — that hounds never seem to 

 realise the deer on these occasions. They cannot bear leaving 

 their companions, and dread missing some fun. Once they 

 get there, however, the reluctant couple and a half enjoy 

 themselves amazingly. A bitch called Cheerful was ridicu- 

 lously fond of this guerilla duty. She never forgot a delight- 

 ful quarter of an hour she once had all alone with a deer we 



