INDEX. 



Accidents : Arkwright, Mr. L., 152 ; Bniley, 204, 207, 208 ; 



Foster, Mr. H., 246; Trollo|ie, Mr. A., 162. 

 Advantages of foxhunting, 103. 

 Agricultural depression, 28, 203, 2ig. 

 Alarm of poison, 209. 



Annual meetings, 60, 134, 139, 172, 174, 176, 1S5, 203. 

 Arkwright family, II ; Arkwright, -Mr. K. , buys Mark Hall, 



II. 

 Attendance at meets, 137. 

 Award as to Takeley Forest, 345-347. 



BOL'.NDARIES of Essex country, 2, 3 ; Essex Union country, 



267. 

 Brooks in Essex, 6. 

 Broomfield kennel, the, 46. 



"C. C'Club, the, 139. 



Cambridgeshire hounds under Mr. Ul-hu and Gen. Barnell,47. 



Chaplains of the Essex hunt, the, 224. 



Charlton hunt, the, 34. 



Chelmer, River, 3, 154. 



Chelmsford, 2 ; Junction of three hunts at, 4. 



Chimney, fox in a, 173. 



City of London Tavern, meetings at, 60. 



Clashing of packs in Essex, 33 ; in Sussex, 34. 



Club, formation of Essex Hunt, 245 : the "C. C," 139. 



Common Hunt, office of, 314. 



Connaught, Duke of, and his hunting whip, 27S; hums with 



Es.sex Union, 278 ; Blooded, 278. 

 Correspondence between Mr. H. J. Conyers and Mr. R. 



Marriott, 341-344. 

 Country scats in Essex Hunt (and see "Country seats" 



iit/ra), 7. 

 Coverts, principal, in Essex Hunt, 15 et seij. ; in Essex Union 



hunt, 2S5 et seq. [atid see " Coverts'' infra). 

 Cricket match between the Puckeridge and Essex Hunts, 



«95- 

 Crows Heath Kennels, the, 269. 

 Cup presented to Mr. B. B. Quare, 228, 229. 



Danuury coverts, good run from, 290; kennels, the, 268; 



built by Mr. C. C. Parker, 271. 

 Deer in Epping Forest, 30S el sey. 

 Dengie Hundred, the, 287. 

 Dispute between East Essex and Essex Union, 302 ; between 



the Rev. F. Fane and the Rev. J. Arkwright, 130. 

 Ditches, Roothing, 24 ; described by Col. Cook, 24 ; 



" Root," 24, 25. 

 Down Hall library foxes, 135. 

 Driving instead of riding to hounds, 107, I53- 

 Duke of Wellington's high opinion of fox-hunting, the, 103. 



Early Essex Hunt Races 60 ; early start, an, 173. 



Epitaphs on horses, 114. 



Epping Forest, stag hunting in, 308 et seq. 



Essex Hunt Annual Meetings (see "Annual Meetings.") 



Essex Country, the, i et set]. ; railway lines in, I ; former 

 extent of, 24 ; boundaries of, 2, 3 ; Col. Cook on, 59. 



Essex, early hunting in, 30 et seq. ; Essex experiences, Mr. 

 White's, 230; Essex "field" reviewed, the, 219; Essex 

 Hunt Button worn by Lady Warwick and Waters (Mrs.), 

 134; Essex Hunt, Friday Country, 20; how hunted, 

 15 ; Essex Hunt, Monday Country, 15 ; foxes scarce in 

 some parts, 2, 17 ; Essex Hunt, origin of, 52 ; Wednesday 

 Country, 17; Northern limits of, 219; Saturday Country, 

 21 ; Essex Hunt Club and Committee, the, 177 ; Essex 

 Hunt Club formed, 177, 245 ; Essex Hunt Club, inaugural 

 dinner, 179 ; Essex Hunt Club Secretaries, the, 178, 179 ; 

 Essex Hunt Club "Thirty guinea rule," the, 179, 203; 

 Essex Hunt Rates at Rundells, 232, 265; abandoned 

 on account of death of Mr. Foster, 252 ; proposed 

 abandonment of, 264 ; Essex Hunt Races, early, 232 ; 

 East Essex and Essex Hunts combined, 255; Essex 

 Hunt Races, hunt servants ride the master's horses, 244 : 

 hunt servants give up riding at, 256 ; luncheons at, 

 25S ; Prince of Wales's horse runs at, 261 ; Essex Hunt 

 Club Private Steeplecha.ses, first called the, 250; Essex 

 Hunt Private Steeplech.ases, name changed from, 250: 



