PREFACE 



Whilst there are a good many books descriptive 

 of foxhunting in the Shires and the provinces, 

 there are few works entirely devoted to sport in 

 the rough fell countrj^ of the Lake District. 



It is, therefore, with the idea of filling this gap 

 in hunting literature that I venture to pen the 

 following chapters. Foxhunting on the fells differs 

 in so many ways from sport in the riding countries 

 that perhaps this book may serve to interest the 

 man from the Shires, even if it does not tempt him 

 to visit the fells and see something of the sport for 

 himself. 



For the man of slender purse the fells will 

 prove a happy hunting ground indeed. There is 

 little cause to worry about ways and means in a 

 country where subscriptions vary from 2s. 6d. to 

 £5. All you want to enable you to follow hounds is 

 a stout heart, a stick, and a " piece " in your 

 pocket, and if luck favours you, as it assuredly will 

 if you go out often enough, you will find yourself 



