CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XII. 



Hunting from Home — M. F. H. in his own Country — Presents — The late 

 Mr. Ilanbury — Popularity — Satisfaction — Rights of Country — Support 

 of Hunting — Errors of Custom — Remedies— Difficulty of Reformation 

 — Earth Stopping — Mr. Smith's Plan — Game-keepers — Habits of 

 Foxes — Importance of Rural Amusement — Decline of Shooting — New 

 Game Bill — Fox-hunting the only Resource — Estimate of Expenses . 247 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Of Provincial Coimtries — Fox-hunting in Hampshire — Mr. Assheton 

 Smith — His Career in Leicestershire — Character as a Sportsman and 

 Horseman — Removal to Hampshire — Tedworth and its Agremens — 

 Visit to the Kennel — Reception there — Description of the Kennel 

 and Premises — Stables, &c. &c. — Appearance — Local Advantages — 

 Huntsman — Entry — Stamp of Hounds — Radical good — Success of 

 the Pack — Horses — Summary of this Sketch — Plans of the Building . 287 



Appendix 314 



Biographical Sketch of Two Sportsmen of the last Century 317 



