viii PREFACE 



sport of hunting in its purest, most legitimate form, 

 and of decrying all attempts at money making, out of 

 what ought to be sheer pleasure, 



The work opens with a meet of foxhounds, for 

 the purpose of introducing the characters as they 

 generally arrive; master and servants first, black 

 coats next, reds after them, and so on ; but in its 

 progress the season is supposed to advance until the 

 work ultimately forms a "souvenir" of that of 1845-6, 

 one that all sportsmen will admit was eminently 

 deserving of the compliment. 



It was, perhaps, the best hunting season of modern 

 times ; and its lustre will be increased by the un- 

 favourable one that followed. 



191, REGENT STREET, 1847. 



