"the merry harriers." 37 



pulled the ears of that great yellow brute Dyke 

 is so fond of, and the brute deuced nearly had 

 my finger off," Cobb objected ; and then his 

 friend began to see the wrong tack upon which 

 the prospective master of harriers was sailing. 



** But Dyke has not got any harriers. That 

 yellow dog of his that you're speaking of is a 

 greyhound." 



" Well, it catches hares, that's all I know, 

 because he's sent them to me — generally when 

 he has wanted to borrow a pony," Cobb answered, 

 not quite convinced ; and then his friend pro- 

 ceeded to explain to him the difference between 

 the greyhound and the harrier, and between the 

 methods by which they fulfil their respective 

 destinies. Furthermore, Wetherby, who had 

 his own reasons for being useful to Cobb, ex- 

 plained that a very good pack were to be bought 

 just then, that they could be had for a couple 

 of hundred pounds, that five hundred would 

 start the affair easily, and the only thing the 

 master would have to do was to sign cheques, 

 a feat which Cobb could always perform suc- 

 cessfully. 



By degrees Cobb quite began to like the 

 idea, the more so when he was assured that he 

 need not ride a yard further than he cared about 

 riding, and that he would not be called upon 



