As the peasants tell me there are many wolves and bears in the forest, I hope that you will inclose some of them in your cordon, which will be about five miles from end to end.

With the horse you will have a hundred and thirty men, so that there will be a man every sixty or seventy yards.

That is too wide a space at first, but, as you close in, the distances will rapidly lessen, and they must make up, by noise, for the scantiness of their numbers.

If they find the animals are trying to break through, they can discharge their pieces; but do not let them do so otherwise, as it would frighten the animals too soon, and send them flying out all along the open side of the semicircle." It was more than two hours before the whole of the beaters were in position.

Just before they had started, the king had requested Captain Jervoise to remain with him and the officers who had accompanied him, five in number.