MANAGEMENT OF PACK IN THE FIELD. 247 



And this is equally true of hare-hunting. The 

 harrier must be stinted to one flame or scent. 



Now concerning the management of the pack 

 in the field. Noise must be avoided ; draw quietly, 

 whether stubble or grass, turnip or fallow field' 

 hedge-row or coppice. Allow of no views or view 

 halloos. Notwithstanding the mania for screech- 

 ing hke owls, " Hollering,^' as Jem said, " can't be 

 allowed at no price ;" and therefore the young Mas- 

 ter and his new field, following Jem's exampL with 

 his new pack, had better come to an understanding 

 on that point at first starting, which will save a 

 deal of trouble afterwards ; and if the Master is 

 resolute, as he ought to be in this respect, and 

 takes his hounds home just three times following, 

 when the screeching commences, his rule will be 

 established nem. con. Vice versa, he will be 

 thought a good-tempered fool, and his harriers 

 hunted in turn by every man in the field who 

 gets the first start. 



Now in drawing for a hare, whether in coppice 

 or hedge-row, or crossing th^ hounds over fallow 

 or open ground, there is no occasion for the Yoicks^ 

 ings or Hoiclcs-i7igs so vociferously used by hunts- 

 men to fox-hounds. Harriers will show by their 

 movements or tongues whether their game is near 

 at hand or not ; and as hares will often lie like 



