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HERE were two kinds of dangers that Redcoat had to be ever on the watch for. One was the danger which was out in the open, and the other was cunningly hidden, hidden with all the art of man. The open danger was from men, guns and hounds. Of the hidden danger I will speak later. Redcoat's safeguard against all danger was in his eyesight, his hearing, and very keen sense of smell, for his was the best nose in field or forest.

One illustration of the hidden danger against which no cunning could guard him will illustrate what I mean.

Redcoat was hunting in the rabbit warren and the hunting was not good, in fact it had been bad for several days. He was crouched behind an old stump, close to a rabbit path.