FOXES FOXHOUNDS & FOX-HUNTING 



by the Marquis de Dampierre. These circular 

 brass horns are to be seen in France to-day. 



They were introduced into this country about 

 the same period, but being cumbersome they 

 gained Httle favour with EngHsh huntsmen, and 

 the straight horn soon took their place. In 

 " The Master of Game" written between the 



French Circui^ar Horn. 



years 1406 and 1413 by Edward Ill's grandson, 

 Edward, second Duke of York, there is a chapter 

 describing how a hunter's horn should be 

 " driven." This chapter is most interesting, 

 and therefore I take the liberty of quoting it 

 here. It says, " There are divers kinds of horns, 

 that is to say, bugles, great Abbots', hunters' 

 horns, Ruets (trumpets), small Forester's horns, 

 and meaner horns of two kinds. That one^kind 



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