Vlll. CONTENTS. 



a noisy whipper-in. — Earth stopping. — Wages to earth stop- 

 per. — Fees according to country. — Different breeds of foxes in 

 England. — French and German foxes . . . . .58 



LETTER VII 

 On the duties of a huntsman. — A really good pack of hounds will 

 kill foxes by themselves. — Good whippers-in often make bad 

 huntsmen. — Laid up ill, and my whipper-in turned huntsman. 

 — Field pleased at first. — Soon wanted my return. — The pack, 

 on my resuming my place. — Anecdote of John Ward. — A good 

 receipt for a conceited whipper-in. — Jack and the Ghost . 69 



LETTER VIII. 

 The duties of a whipper-in as to earths. — Second whip. — How an 

 old sportsman usually broke them in. — The Pastor and Farmer 

 Coulter. — Tom, my whipper-in. — Patience required in a master 

 of hounds. — Heading foxes. — Every man out not a sportsman. 

 — Temper must be restrained in a master. — Myself, when 

 young, and Farmer Steers. — On the yeomen and farmers of 

 England 81 



LETTER IX. 

 Hour of feeding. — Difference of food and treatment. — Animal food 

 necessary. — Number of hounds to form the hunting pack in 

 field. — On drafting hounds. — One fault not to be overlooked. — 

 In what the strength of a pack of foxhounds consists. — Pack 

 of hounds that hunted hare and fox. — Horses and hounds of 

 old school. — Pack dividing, and each killing their own fox . 91 



LETTER X. 



Place of meeting. — Where it is best. — The master to keep and 

 follow his own counsel. — Fox without a brush. — Run with the 

 same and death. — Hour of meeting to be attended to. — The 

 proper place for first and second whip. — Confidence of hounds 

 in a huntsman. — Different ways of drawing .... 100 



LETTER XI. 

 Draw where you are most likely to find a fox. — Morning best 

 time for scent. — Fair play to a fox. — No hallooing and whoop- 

 ing on first finding. — Most likely places to find foxes early in 

 the season. — Hounds spreading wide. — Upon drawing coverts 

 and the places of whippers-in. — Famous hound from Sir T. 



