INDEX 



hounds, touring packs of, 252 ; 

 secretiveness of, 252 ; on the 

 Thames, 253; Landseer's picture, 

 253;spearinhunting', 253;hounds, 

 breed of, 254 ; hunting' in Queen 

 Elizabeth's time, 254 ; hounds, 

 strength of packs, 254 ; terras 

 used in hunting, 255-6 ; staff in 

 hunting, 255 ; terriers and, 255 ; 

 food of, 256 ; weight and flesh of, 

 256-7 ; great run with, 257 ; in 

 down country, 306 



Ox mountains, 191 



Oyster-catcher, 287, 304 



Paauw, the, 27, 29, 117-18 



Pallas's sand-grouse, 258-63 



Partridge : pleasures of shooting, 

 264-6 ; the first, 265 ; shooting 

 over dogs, 266-72 ; old-time bags 

 of, 266 ; gunners in former days, 

 267 ; my grandfather and shoot- 

 ing, 267; modern gunners, 268-9; 

 modern bags of, over dogs, 

 271-2 ; "walking up" and "half- 

 mooning," 273; driving, 273; 

 modern advantages in shooting, 

 274 ; an old shot-belt, 274 ; net- 

 ting, 274-6 ; courage of, 276-7 ; 

 suppression of scent by, 277-8 ; 

 as pet, 278-9; Mr. Francis Fran- 

 cis and tame, 279 ; marking of, 

 279 ; towering, 279 ; in dry sea- 

 sons, 279-80 ; Gilbert White and 

 shooting, 280 ; record bag of, 

 280 ; Hungarian, 280-1 ; Baron 

 Hirsch's shootings, 281 ; a huge 

 bag, 281; range of English, 281; 

 weight of, 281-2 ; on the downs, 

 300 



Payne-Gallwey, Sir Ralph, bag of 

 knots by, 24 ; on flesh of coots, 

 31; and woodcock-shooting, 71-2 



Payne, George, 36 



Peal, loss of a, 227-8 



Peasants : superstition of in Mayo, 

 187 ; and destruction of red deer 

 in Mayo, 189-90 



Pelicans, 167-8 



Peregrine falcon, 153 ; lesser, 153 ; 

 place of in falconry, 202 ; on the 

 downs, 301-3 ; breeding-places, 

 301 ; robbing of nests of, 301-2 ; 

 finding a mate, 302-3 



Petrel, storm, in South Africa, 163 



Pevensey, Castle, 4, 7, 92, 223 ; 

 Bay, 4 ; sheep-washing at, 220-3 



Pevensey Marshes, 1-14 ; birds of, 

 5-9 : hare-hunting on, 9-10 ; 

 graziersof, lo-i i ; andsmugglers, 

 10-12; "lookers" of, 12; floods 

 of, 12; elevations in, 12-13; hare- 

 hunting in, 89-94 ; kestrels on, 



303 

 Piers Plowman and hunting, 124 

 Pigott, Mrs. Catherine, 206 

 Pin-tailed sand-grouse, 263 

 Phalaropes, 7-8 ; grey, migration 



of, 288 

 Pheasant preservers, and fox-hunt- 

 ing. 139-42 

 Pipit, tawny, 157 



Plover: ring, 8, 159-283, 289-90; 

 grey, 8, 27, 159, 286; green, 8; 

 flesh of, 27 ; nesting, 287 ; golden, 

 27, 159 ; in South Africa, 159 ; 

 Kentish, 159, 287 ; stilt, 161 ; 

 nest of ring, 283 ; on the downs, 

 300 

 Pointer, the, 266-8 ; modern bag 



with, 272 

 Pope, and hunting, 216 

 Portland, Duke of, 280 

 Portsmouth, Earl of, hounds of, 131 

 Portugal, sand-grouse in, 263 

 Poteen, in Connemara, 229 

 Prawning: a summer pastime, 143; 

 good catches, 144-5 5 where to 

 prawn, 145; Dianas of the shore, 

 146 ; various kinds of prawn, 

 146 ; best time for sport, 146 ; 

 methods of fishing, 147-8 ; a 

 day's sport, 147-52 ; a conger 

 eel captured, 150 ; conger pie, 

 151 ; the catch, 151 ; fresh-cooked 

 prawns, 152 



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