[176-*] This sketch was written in 1857.
CHAPTER XII.
HUNTING TERMS.
Hunting terms are difficult to write, because they are often rather sung than said. I shall take as my authority one of the best sportsmen of his day, Mr. Thomas Smith, author of the “Diary of a Huntsman,” a book which has only one fault, it is too short; and give some explanations of my own.
HUNTSMAN’S LANGUAGE.
On throwing off.—Cover hoick! i. e. Hark into cover!
Also—Eloo in!
Over the fence.—Yoi over!
To make hounds draw.—Edawick!