AUTHOR'S FOREWORD 



Although a great many people hunt, comparatively few are 

 familiar with the life of the fox, and so I have devoted the first 

 half of this book to the habits and characteristics of this popular 

 beast of chase. Two chapters, viz., "The Ullswater," and 

 " Fox-htmting in May," have previously appeared in the Bad- 

 minton Magazine, to the Editor of which I express my thanks 

 for permission to re-publish them here. 



R. CI.APHAM. 

 Troutbeck, 



Windermere. 



