Index. 



Russell (Rev. John) 



Buys a horse with it, 14 

 Admitted a Commoner at Exeter 



College, 15 

 Buys a horse at Tiverton Fair, 20 

 Thrown from his horse, 22 

 First run with the Stag-hounds, 21 

 Stag- takes soil under Slade 



Bridge, 22, 

 Enters water to capture Stag, 24 

 Blooded at the Staghunt, 24 

 His power of story telling, 27-40 

 Takes lessons in boxing, 29 

 Selected b}- Denne for a Sparring- 



Match, 2i- 

 Rides a hundred miles to see a 



wrestling match, 36 

 Rides to the Hevthrop meet, 41 

 His treatment of hounds that riot, 5 1 

 Secures 'Trump' the terrier, 53 

 Takes his degree, 63 

 Ordained Deacon and Priest, 64 

 Attention to Ministerial Duties, 66 

 Preaches at Barnstaple in aid of 



the Blue Coat School, 67 

 Appointed Curate, 64, 70 

 Required to take double duty, 71 

 Starts a pack of Otter hounds, 72 

 Purchases the hound ' Racer,' 76 

 InfluenceofRev. J. Froudeupon,87 

 Hunts with Fronde's pack, 88 

 Attends first meeting of Teign- 



bridge Cricket Club, 89 

 With Harris, forms the Tetcott 



and Pencarrow pack, 92 

 Enjoys hunting all year round, 96 

 Falls in love, 105 

 Picks up the hare in front of the 



hounds, 107 

 Rides to Bath, loS 

 The Warminster hack, 109-112 

 Retires from the charge of the 



George Nympton and S. Molton 



Parishes, 112 

 Keeps fox hounds, 114 

 Influence over farmers and cover 



owners, 123 

 Unites pack with C. A. Harris, 129 

 Rendezvous with Harris, 131 

 Birth and death of his first-born 



son, 133 



Russell (Rev. John) 



Result of sport during 1S28, 136 

 Handles his hounds as no one 



else in Devon could, 147 

 Receives a Cornish welcome, 148 

 A fortnight in Cornwall, effect on 



the neighbourhood, 148 

 Finds and kills three foxes in 



Deviock wood, 149 

 His powers of endurance, 153, 



Remarkable week's work in his 



79th year, 157 

 Keeps no whip, 161 

 His powers as a huntsman, 167 

 His stud, 16S 

 His horse ' Bilh',' 172 

 His hound 'Memory,' 183 

 Goes down a mine after a fox, 184 

 Visit to Porlock, 185 

 Mr. Tamlyn forbids hunting over 



his property, 1S6 

 Finds four cubs, sends them to 



Iddesleigh, 187 

 Removes to Tordown, Swym- 



bridge, 189-190 

 His kindness to the Gipsies, 193 

 Becomes surety for a Gipsy, 194 

 Buries the Gipsy King, 195 

 Parts with his pack to Mr. Hext,i98 

 Remonstrated with by Bp. Phill- 



potts, 201 

 Charged with refusing to bury a 



child, 202 

 His hounds, Trelawny's opinion 



of, 208 

 His moderation after dinner, 211 

 Ability of distinguishing hounds, 



215 

 Loved by his hounds, 220 

 Catches a fawn, 222 

 Operates on hounds, 224 

 Stories respecting his Curates, 



230-235 

 With others forms the S. Molton 



Club, 238 

 His secret plan with foxearths,245 

 Declines to play cards, 250 

 His fondness for a hunting song, 250 

 Some of his stories, 253-4 

 Is thrown into the Baric, 259 



