342 



REMINISCENCES OF A HUNTSMAN 



224; stalking in New Forest, 

 250; doe-running, 260 ; stealing, 

 229, 266 ; employ ilabour, 287 ; 

 stag of Gusa, 293 ; stalking at 

 Achnacarry, 295 ; " the great 

 cart-wheel stag," 298 

 Deer, gazelle and cormorant, 202 

 Dogs, "Regimental, don't know 

 you," 22 ; in harness, 336 ; in- 

 cidence of tax, 338 



bull- mastiff, 2 ; exploits, 8 ; 



on guard, 10 ; poachers, 11 



retrievers, intelligence of 



Tramp, 267 ; hard to breed, 331 



terriers, 214, 244 ; Smike, 247 



Drax, Mr. (M.H.), 29, 35; at 

 Berkeley, 178 ; his battues, 279 ; 

 quarrel with Mr. Farquharson, 

 317 



Duelling, proper use of, 313 

 Duncan, Lord, 222, 224, 226 

 Duruset, Mr., 4, 6 



EARY, Ben., 31 



Exchanges of birds' eggs, 199 



FERMOR, Mr. , surrenders, 51 



Fishing, trout preserving, 166 ; 

 Berkeley, 181 ; Heron Court, 

 204 ; lampreys, 205 ; spearing 

 flounders, 206 ; great lake trout, 

 290; pike, 204; Avon salmon, 

 205 



Fitzhardinge, Lord (M.H.), under- 

 stood fox, 88, 107; his wild- 

 goose chase, 182, 187, 188 



Foxes, stump -bred best, 73 ; my 

 first kill, 87 ; hang in great 

 woods, 88 ; taught to fly, 88 ; of 

 Turvey Abbey, 97; fly "tawny 

 coats," 102 ; know horn, 103 ; 

 the Moulsoe fox, 113-117 ; have 

 different scent, 119 ; dread lan- 

 terns, 158 ; want food killed for 

 them, 82, 165 ; large litter of, 

 168 



tod-hunter of Lochiel, 286 



GAME, driving extraordinary, 15 ; 

 preserving, 90 ; flying rabbit, 

 193 ; Heron Court list of, 196 ; 



John Bright and game laws, 212 ; 



shower of wood - pigeons, 219 ; 



tailless baldcoots, 218 ; wood- 

 cock carry young, 233 

 pheasants, and " tawny coats," 



26 ; all cocks in New Forest, 



221 ; pied, 322 

 GasMl, Mr., 137 

 Gerrard's Cross kennel, 18 

 Ghost, 7 

 Goodlake, Mr. , takes ink in the slips, 



172 

 Grafton, Duke of (M.H.), 102, 106, 



109; takes Carter, 120, 126 

 Greenwood, Colonel, 40 

 Greville, Mr., 17 

 Grey, Lord de, 145, 150 

 Guards, with the Coldstream, 21 ; 



drummer lost, 24 ; colonel blown 



up, 41 

 Gully, Mr. (M.P.), "You'd better 



not," 68 

 Gunter, Mr. , to ice his horse, 46 ; 



on jury, 69 



HARROLD HALL, and Bedfordshire 

 country, 74 ; kennel building at, 

 82, 303 



Harrow Vale, 33, 39; hunted and 

 hunting in, 50 ; arrests, 59 ; up 

 in arms, 66 



Hawkins, Mr. George, 40, 62, 

 68 



Higgins, Mr. , 96 ; and foxes, 98 



Horn, how to use, 103 ; how not, 

 140 



Horses, my first deal, 19 ; some 

 good ones, 27 ; Ready, 100 ; flying 

 on, 302 ; Jack o' Lantern beats 

 race-horse, 28 ; collision with 

 stag, 28 ; Brock lies down, 37 ; 

 scarcity of, at Cranford, 49 ; with 

 one eye open, 66 ; cheap, 84 ; 

 how to swim, 302, 304; colour 

 of soup from, 335 ; compared 

 with dogs for draught, 336 



ponies, Punch, 18 ; Freyia, 85, 



104 



Hounds, honour among M. H., 

 311; and "tawny coats," 26; 

 food for, 84 ; brood bitches 



