CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. THE ORIGIN OF HUNTING i 



II. THE FIRST FOXHOUNDS . . . .21 



III. MASTERS AND PRIVILEGES . . . .31 



IV. THE ORIGIN OF HOUNDS . . . .41 

 V. INSTINCT AND FOXES . . . . .51 



VI. THE FAME OF LEICESTERSHIRE . . .78 



VII. THE SHIRES 104 



VIII. BEAUFORT AND BADMINTON .... 124 



IX. CHELTENHAM AND V.W.H. . . . . 140 



X. SPORTING SHROPSHIRE .... 160 



XL HAMPSHIRE ....... 190 



XII. STAGHOUNDS 209 



XIII. RAILWAYS AND HUNTING .... 218 



XIV. SCENT AND SEASONS 236 



XV. HABITS AND CUSTOMS 252 



XVI. SPORT AND CHARACTER 266 



XVII. THE OBJECTS OF HUNTING . . 282 



XI. 



