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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 well as hunt. 

 Any man who possesses common sense and common 

 patience will be able to hunt a pack of harriers, which, 

 in fact, require very little interference on the part of 

 their huntsman or Master, for the more they are handled 

 and hallooed the worse they will become. Hare-hunting 

 must be considered as a quiet recreation, apart from 

 noise, parade, and ostentation ; and I quite agree with 

 Beckford, " that if you make a serious business of it 

 you spoil it." 



