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Changei on Fwt Bclis.

Of course, ali this simply tneans that in hunting up you take the beli that foliowe I you, but it is wilh regard to hunting •down that 1 wńsh my readers to pay most attention to tlus «xplanation, as it is m hunting down that the additional ropę will, at first, cmi*<e them sonie iitlle troubte.

“ Now, while lying the puli bebind, he should take a survey of tbe four ropes, and lei the last he pulled over pass him, and look after the three below, and puli nver the last of them, still rememberirtg to count the pluces. Being now in fourtb's, he should descend again into third’s by letting one pass him and pulling over the last of the iwo below'; then, pulling over the last one, and taking tt ofT the lead, he woli then be in his nwn or first place. He has now to lead his whole puli, and then proceed to Innu up as before."

As i have cm!eavourcd to itnpress on my readers the fact that they cannot, in change-ringing, make themselves too well acquainted with anything ihat may prove of assistance to them in acquiring rope-sight, I wili now, to be consistent, expiain another aid which may be of use. At the same time, I must say that this aid should not be altogetber relied on, as a man should endeavour to ring changes on ftve helis simply by look-ing for the diflereut ropes to follow ; and 1 hope that this may be the way in which my readers will proceed.

If the hunling-course be examined, it will be seen that the beli which any one beli turns froni the lead hunts up with one beli striking between it and the beli following it up, and that the same thing occurs m hunting down. Sticb belJs are said to be “coursing " one another.

Take the second beli in the hunting-course: It torns tbe treble from the lead, and, as it hunts up behiud, a beli strikes each time between it and the treble, until it (the second) strikes in fourtb’s place, w-hen the treble is finishing the puli behind;