144 NATURE AND WOODCRAFT. 



and hounds are sharply marked against the 

 snow, and something may be read from them. 

 Here, puss has run in a circle, then made a 

 long leap at right angles to her course ; but 

 all in vain. The hounds are baffled only for a 

 second, and soon take up the quest. Then the 

 descent begins, and the hare makes back to the 

 woods ; and here, to our delight, the dogs are 

 whipped off, every one agreeing that such a 

 hare is worthy of life. 



