FOXES FOXHOUNDS & FOX-HUNTING 



stag which is given up for lost, is watched and 

 followed to his last resting place by the fox. 



In the old days, organised vermin hunts took 

 place in the fell country of Cumberland and 

 Westmorland. lyittle in the shape of fur or 

 feather escaped the attentions of the hunters, the 

 bag including foxes, badgers, wild-cats, polecats, 



Hit,!, Fox AND Dead Stag. 



pine martens, eagles and hawks. In later times, 

 money was paid for the heads of foxes, ravens and 

 other birds and beasts, this money being in some 

 cases disbursed by the church-wardens who also 

 treated the school-children of their day to 

 ' * scholars' ale " at the expense of the parish. 



I have already mentioned the " streakers," 

 which were attached to the Scotch tod-hunter's 



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