Word: hunts
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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AESTHETIC BOSTON. Scene: Exhibition of Mr. Hunt's Paintings...
...Lady loq. - Will you be so good as to point out to me a few of Hunt's pictures...
...officer, termed Master of the Hunt, who shall have a general supervision and control of the hunt, and who, assisted by the whips, shall keep the pack together in slow hunts...
When the trail is found, the pack close up, and follow it strictly. If, however, the hares are viewed at any part of the run, the trail may be disregarded, and the hares chased by the shortest route. The master of the hunt (the hares not having been sighted) determines a point from which the hounds are permitted to race for home...
...Lion by his own strength had captured a fat Ox, and the Fox and Kid endeavored to seize a part of it. "No," said the Lion, "the crafty Fox can care for himself, and as for you, Kid, since you prefer to hunt with him, you shall share with him." So the Lion and the Owl fared well, and the Fox was satisfied with his Hare; but the poor Kid had nothing, and when he found a juicy branch, he only turned up his nose and said, "Give it to the Lion...