CONTENTS 



Preface 



PART I 



HUNTING IN AMERICA 



I Fox Hunting in America 17 



History of fox hunting — Introduction of English fox- 

 hounds — Private packs — Brunswick Fur Club — The Nor- 

 folk — The Middlesex — The Meadowbrook — The War- 

 renion country — The Rose Tree Hunt 



II Fox Hunting in the Sunny South 3J 



Hunting dogs in the South — Politics and fox hunting — 

 Visiting a Southern plantation — A Southern sportsman of 

 the old school — Jim 



III A North Carolina Fox Hunt by Moonlight 43 

 The meet — A little gossip on the way to covert — Bcfo' 

 the wah — Jim's account of the chase — Old Rastus — The 

 glory of Old Ginger — A mint julep 



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