CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. THE MASTER MONTH, OCTOBER . . i 



II. ADJOURNED DEBATE THE MASTER AT 



COTTONWOOL'S . . . .14 



III. THE MASTER Contimied . . .21 



IV. THE MASTER Concluded . . .27 

 V. THE HUNTSMAN . . . -39 



VI. THE HUNTSMAN Continued . . -53 



VII. THE WHIPPER-IN . . . .66 



VIII. THE WHIPPER-IN Concluded . . .81 



IX. THE EARTH-STOPPER . . . .99 



X. THE GROOM . . . . 115 



XI. THE GROOM Continued . . .129 



XII. THE GROOM Concluded . . .143 



XIII. PETER PIGSKIN . . . . .154 



XIV. THE FARMER . . . . .168 

 XV. ELIJAH BULLWAIST, THE BLACKSMITH . 185 



XVI. THE SQUIRE . . . . .203 



XVII. LORD EVERGREEN ; WITH SOME THOUGHTS 



ON TUFT HUNTING 221 



