Scent
The odour given off by the fox, by which he is found and followed by the hounds.
It is burning, if very good or strong; breasthigh, if so good that the hounds do not stoop to it; moving, if it is so fresh that it must be recent, and not a drag (q.v.); flighty or catchy, if variable; holding, if good enough, but not very strong; recovered, if lost, and found again. When hounds speak on a scent, they own to it; when they go beyond it, they are over it; when they follow it the reverse way, it is heel, counter, or foil [see RUN]; when they remain on it without following it, they dwell on it; when they first perceive it, they feel it, or hit it, and hit it off when it has been lost; if they hunt any other animal than that which is their proper game, they run riot; when they lose it, they throw-up (i.e., their heads). 66