lb' had an elegant lot, of hounds, about
a dozen, such as you'll occasionally find
about a title country place, anywhere in tiie
south in ante-bellum times. There was a
trio of well-bred grey hounds and a Jot of
hybrids. These latter were very intelli
gent and better adopted for the use made
of them than any dogs 1 ever saw. They
were a cross between the Scotch, collie and
the big wtrey haired Scotch terrier, and
for hunting coyotes 1 the common wild
cat. they beat the world. They were the
most knowiii" dogs 1 ever handled, and
plucky enough to tackle the devil himself if
told to do it. One feature of hunting here
—and a very interesting one it was —you
never knew what your pack was
running until you sighted the
game. 1 renumber one mornin - .-
when, we had 'only talf'n the fox honmls
end the crop-eared collies along, our first
run was after a mountain lion. 'The chase
was a hot one and I; st -d 1 >rty minutes,
perhaps, and then the lion treed. One of
the hired men who !-:.ew the country ;:tid
was excellently mounted, kept well up with
tti ed the varmint with a
shot from his Winchester. .1 never had
jruch re peel for his liotehip after this,
. ■»/ • ' j- ;is .1 > ‘jlc ’.h * . W e
s Hip liiws anti just :is apt :o lake to
his heels if he heard the music of the
hounds behind him.
Bui it was a ; ••■*! trovtiing and the colo- '
m! d< eided we : ott’.d for some fun.
