xvi List of Illustrations 



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Helping the ladies across 238 



The Master and his pack 242 



Catching the scent 242 



The kill 244 



Terriers hanging from otter . . 244 



Baron de Dorlodot 278 



The Boarhounds 280 



The Dorlodot Hunt . 282 



Ready for the chase 284 



The return of the hunt 28S 



The grey boar's last stand 290 



Singing the death song 292 



The Marquis de Cornulier's Staghounds- 294 



Stag taking to water 296 



Waiting for the end 298 



The Marquis de Chambray 300 



A meet in the forest 302 



Hounds ready to be slipped 304 



Waiting ^'^6 



After the death 308 



Blessing the hounds 312 



