XVI CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XII. 



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

 Late Mr. Hanbury— Popularity — Satisfaction — Rights of Coun- 

 try — 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 BiU — Fox- 

 hunting the only Resource — Estimate of Expenses , .231 



CHAPTER XIII. 



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

 Smith — His career in Leicestershire — Character as a Sportsman 

 and Horseman — Removal to Hampshire — Tedworth and its 

 Agi-emens—Yiait to the Kennel — Reception there— Description 

 of the Kennel and Premises — Stables, &c., &c. — Appearance — 

 Local Advantages— Huntsman— Entry — Stamp of Hounds — 

 liadical good — Success of the Pack — Horses — Summary of this 

 Sketch— Plans of the Building . , . . .269 



Appendix ........ 290 



Biographical Sketch of Two Sportsmen of the last Century . . 293 



