Well pleased as you heard Tally-Ho!”
CHAPTER V
REMINISCENCES
“O’er the bottle at eve, of our pleasures we’ll tell,
For no pastime on earth can foxhunting excel;
It brightens our thoughts for philosophy’s page,
Gives strength to our youth, and new vigour to age.”
After unkennelling a fox on a very windy day, I have heard people exclaim, “Oh! he’ll never face this wind on the top.” Despite such opinions the fox generally does face even the strongest wind, if he has made up his mind to reach some particular point.
It should be remembered that a fox stands a great deal lower than a man, and offers much less resistance to the wind.