A hound when once in the jungle is his own master.

He obeys the sound of the halloo or the born, or not, as he thinks proper.

It is impossible to correct him, as he is out of sight.
Now, the very fact of having one or two first-rate finders in a pack, will very likely be the cause of spoiling the other hounds.

After repeated experience their instinct soon shows them that, no matter how the whole pack may individually hunt, the "find" will be achieved by one of the first-rate hounds, and gradually they give up hunting and take to listening for the opening note of the favorite.

Of course in an open country they would be kept to their work by the whip, but at Newera Ellia this is impossible.