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PART II 

 HUNTING IN THE BRITISH ISLES 



XI Hunting in England 125 



Packs of hounds — Hunting Centres — Cost — Grass 

 countries — Racing packs — Foxes — Where to go — National 

 characteristics 



XII A Day with the Belvoir Foxhounds 136 



The Peacock Inn — Belvoir Castle — Belvoir Kennels — 

 Noted huntsmen — Perfection in hound breeding — Ben 

 Capell 



XIII Two Days with the Quorn (First Day) 148 



The famous grass countries — Hunting centres — Railway 

 travel — The Bay Mare Inn — Hiring a hunter — A blank day 



XIV Two Days with the Quorn (Second Day) 195 



Richard the Bay — The meet — The chase — The brook — 

 Colonel Richardson 



XV The Royal Buckhounds 169 



King Edward III — Queen Anne — The Church and the 

 Chase — The meet at Ascot — The great assemblage — 

 Queen Victoria — The Prince and Princess of Wales 



XVI A Day with Lord Rothschild's Staghounds . 179 



New Year's Eve in London — The fog — The meet — 

 The crated stag — Enlarging the stag — The chase — The 

 capture 



