250 ALLUREMENTS OF HAUE-HUNTING. 



To those who enjoy hunting, and the working of 

 hounds, hare-hunting presents many alkirements ; 

 it has also several recommendations. There is a 

 total absence of all that bustle and parade attend- 

 in o- the meeting of fox-hunters. There is no 

 earth-stopping to be done over-night, or prepara- 

 tions of any moment to be made. There is no 

 necessity for scalding your throat with a hot cup 

 of tea, if late for breakfast, in dread of being too 

 late at covert side ; should the day prove boiste- 

 rous, or torrents of rain fall, you may defer your 

 amusement until the morrow ; and even if the fix- 

 ture be regularly advertised, it is most probable 

 few objections would be raised by your friends to 

 such a proposal. 



A hunted hare is not bad eating, which is more 

 than can be said of a fox, although the hounds are 

 entitled to their share also, for rest assured, to 

 make harriers good, they require blooding as well 

 as fox-hounds. Whatever the weather, your game 

 is sure to be above ground, although hares change 

 their sitting with the wind, seeking the most shel- 

 tered situations when the elements are boisterous. 

 Down hares are the best and stoutest, and going 

 long distances to their feeding grounds, generally 

 run much straighter than those in an enclosed 

 country ; and to catch these, hounds must run as 



