THE LIFE OF A FOX. 93

from a bad scenting country into a good
one.

Having now openly defeated the enemies who
had conspired against me, I remained in the
vale until I was tempted to move into a finer
and fairer country. Great changes are going
on in the hunting of the country which I left;
and should we ever meet again, there may be
much for me to tell. For the present I have
done.

“We now look to thee, Warwick, to give
us something good; thy country has produced
one of the most extraordinary men that ever
lived. He knew all the wiles of the wiliest crea-
ture that walks the earth. Dost thou think
that Shakespeare would have been a good hunts-
man ?” |

“ By the faith of a fox, I should have been
most loath to try him. Did he possess the fol-
lowing qualities: boldness, perseverance, activity,
enterprise, temper, and decision? Had he a
keen perception of relative place? Had he a
good eye and ear? If he had all these, and