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the young hounds (which he was very fond of 

 doing) without actually seeing what they w^ere 

 running. A deer was soon roused, and some of 

 the young hopes of the pack began throw^ing 

 their tongues right merrily. Hearing no old 

 hounds joining them, I began rating, knowing 

 there was some mischief going on ; but, to my 

 horror, that conceited fool Dick set to work 

 cheering with might and main, causing some of 

 the one-seasoned hunters to mix in the fray, and 

 in ten minutes, before I could cross over from my 

 side of the hill, Dick was away, with all the young 

 hounds, racing over the open with a deer before 

 them, which they ran for nearly an hour, through 

 some other large coverts, before I could get up with 

 them ; when, dropping the huntsman, I was obliged 

 to enact the part of whipper-in, and dashing in 

 among the delinquents in some short under- 

 wood, I soon spoiled their fun, and seizing one of 

 the most riotous by the hind leg, the wood soon 

 re-echoed with his cries, and he never forgot the 

 chastisement then administered ; and if I had met 

 Dick at this moment, the odds were in favour of 

 his getting a double thonging also, but that cau- 

 tious individual took especial care to keep clear of 

 the row. As a first whip, however, he proved so 



