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can all this mean ? the pnppy is wondering, and 

 he has come to seek information from one whom 

 he has noticed holds authority over his brethren. 

 Another hound joins the young one, and both 

 are speedily sent to their work again. 



" Get in, Pilgrim ; you're an old hound, and 

 ought to know better," the master says ; and the 

 voices of their companions again ringing out 

 merrily, Pilgrim and his inexperienced friend 

 bound through the fence and are lost to sight. 



" There he is ! Look ! " the boy on the pony 

 presently cries, pointing to the fence, along 

 which we see a well-grown cub stealing, and 

 presently, the undergrowth being dense, he 

 jumps down into the ditch and runs some twenty 

 j^ards before, catching sight of a horse, he slips 

 through the fence again, and vanishes. The 

 pack come tumbling out of the wood at or near 

 the place where the cab came through, and with 

 eager voices dash about the ditch and field near 

 the side of the covert, till a delighted and con- 

 vincing cry, rapidly swelling, shows that they 

 have hit it off again, and a full chorus resounds 

 as the pursuers dash after their prey. Then, 

 again, all is silent, and we sit still awaiting events. 



"Oh, come, I must have a jump!" one of 

 the group, a cheery young fellow, suddenly ex- 

 claims. " Come on ; let's go and see how things 



