o
him.

_Dwelling._--When hounds do not come up to the huntsman's halloo till
moved by the whipper-in, they are said to dwell.

_Drafted._--Hounds drawn from the pack to be disposed of, or _hung_,
are drafted.

"_Earths are drawn._"--When a vixen fox has drawn out fresh earth, it
is a proof she intends to lay up her cubs there.

_Eye to hounds._--A man has a good eye to hounds who turns his horse's
head with the leading hounds.

_Flighty._--A hound that is not a steady hunter.

_Feeling a scent._--You say, if scent is bad, "The hounds could
scarcely feel the scent."

_Foil._--When a fox runs the ground over which he has been before, he
is running his foil.

_Headed._--When a fox is going away, and is met and driven back to
cover. Jealous riders, anxious for a start, are very apt to head
the fox. It is one of the greatest crimes in the hunting-field.

_Heel._--When hounds get on the scent of a fox, and run it back the
way he came, they are said to be running heel.

_Hold hard._--A cry that speaks for itself, which every one who wishes
for sport will at once attend to when uttered by the huntsman.

_Holding scent._--When the scent is just good enough for hounds to
hunt a fox a fair pace, but not enough to press him.

_Kennel._--Where a fox lays all day in cover.

_Line holders._--Hounds which will not go a yard beyond the scent.

_Left-handed._--A hunting pun on hounds that are not always _right_.

_Lifting._--When a huntsman carries the pack forward from an
indifferent, or no scent, to a place the fox is hoped to have more
recently passed, or to a view halloo. It is an expedient found
needful where the field is large, and unruly, and impatient,
oftener than good sportsmen approve.[202-*]

_Laid up._--When a vixen fox has had cubs she is said to have laid up.

_Metal._--When hounds fly for a short distance on a wrong scent, or
without one, it is said to be "all metal."

_Moving scent._--When hounds get on a scent that is fresher than a
drag, it is called a moving scent; that is, the scent of a fox
which has been disturbed by travelling.

_Mobbing a fox._--Is when foot passengers, or foolish jealous
horsemen so surround a cover, that the fox is driven into the teeth
of the hounds, instead of being allowed to break away and show
sport.

_Mute._--When t