212 A MONTH IN THE FORESTS OF FEANCE. 



me more ; these I got, and was soon side by side with 

 the hounds again. 



We had now got into a portion of the forest also on 

 a hill, separated from the rest of the covers at one 

 spot by a narrow stretch of young spring, the fields 

 surrounding the wood elsewhere ; and into this young 

 spring Jules d'Anchald, in a quick and sportsmanlike 

 way, hastened and arranged in a line a lot of blouses, 

 so that it was impossible for the sow to break that 

 way without bearing the fire of several guns. And 

 here I would remark, for the benefit of all sportsmen, 

 whatever be the animal they are in pursuit of, when 

 they wish to occupy a pass between two woods for a 

 shot, let them post themselves out of sight, within the 

 verge of the wood to which the animal wishes to 

 come, and not in the intervening space and in sight 

 of the cover whence the animal is supposed to 

 egress. In the latter case, as all wild animals take 

 the precaution to look from a cover before they leave, 

 they are sure to be detected, whereas in the former 

 case, if the guns remain ambushed till the animal has 

 fairly made his charge to cross the open, once landed 

 in the space he will continue his way, even up to the 

 muzzles of the guns, and after he has detected their 

 position. 



Having passed at a gallop along the line of blouses 



