cleared it at a bound, and was gone.

'Ho, ho, there!' cried a tremulous voice in the rear. 'Pincher!

Neptune! Come here, come here!'

The dogs, who, in common with their masters, seemed to have no

particular relish for the sport in which they were engaged,

readily answered to the command. Three men, who had by this time

advanced some distance into the field, stopped to take counsel

'My advice, or, leastways, I should say, my ORDERS, is,' said the