On the other hand, perseverance on the huntsman part will ensure a corresponding amount in the hounds; they will become so accustomed to the certain appearance of their master at the bay at some time or other that they will stick to their game till night.

I have frequently killed elk at two or three o'clock in the afternoon that have been found at six in the morning.

Sometimes I have killed them even later than this when, after wandering fruitlessly the whole day in every direction but the right one, my ears have at length been gladdened by the distant sound of the bay.

The particular moment when hope and certainty combined reward the day's toil is the very quintessence of joy and delight.

Nothing in the shape of enjoyment can come near it.
What a strange power has that helpless-looking mass--the brain! One moment, and the limbs are fagged, the shins are tender with breaking all day through the densest jungles, the feet are worn with unrequited labor and--hark! The bay! no doubt of it--the bay! There is the magic spell which, acting on the brain, flies through every nerve.