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or the other, and always close upon a ride. There 

 he is, full cry under our feet, not another hound near 

 to back him, and you see the effect of being so false ; 

 none of them will come to his tongue, right or wrong, 

 and we don't think it worth while to go in." " Wow, 

 wow, wow," went the old dog again, when, as we 

 looked idly on — or rather, when Jules did so — up 

 jumped a roe deer, who had been headed by Jules in 

 the ride, and which had couched on the spot to which 

 old Musto had skirted by accident, and put him up ; 

 but Jules, though he caught a glimpse of the deer, 

 did not fire. " Oh dear ! " I cried to myself, " there 

 is an accident which will go far to upset the lessons 

 I have been giving as to the mischief done by these 

 old skirters. My friends now will think them always 

 right." And I read the confirmation of my fears in 

 Jules d'Anchald's triumphant countenance. The 

 hounds then ran this and other roe deer for a long 

 time, and as soon as they had again run, or rather 

 walked, themselves to a standstill, we sounded the 

 horn to collect them, and went home. 



One morning subsequent to this, while we were 

 resting after our fatigues, Jules d'Anchald burst into 

 my room with the joyful news that intelligence of 

 a band of boars had reached him from a near and 

 easily accessible portion of the forest; so "Up, up!" 



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