CONTENTS. XIU 



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two celebrated squires and their exploits — ''Mors omnia 

 vincit" 218 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



Earth - stoppers and keepers — Barring out for the season — A 

 failure — The earth -stopper and his pony of olden time — 

 Gamekeepers — Their perquisites and tricks — Game pre- 

 servers and foxes — Turning down cubs — Previous treatment 

 — Mange in foxes — Main earths in sandy soils — Viper buried 

 for ten days — Badgers and their habits .... 225 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



Stub-bred foxes the stoutest runners — Any port in a storm — 



Terriers — Our old sort — Pilgrim — Bagmen . . . 235 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



Forming a pack of foxhounds— Entered and unentered drafts — 

 Dog shows — Foxhunters' Club — Weak understandings — 

 Saffron — The tape — Length of body or limb — Stud-hounds 

 — A leaf from the genealogical tree ..... 240 



CHAPTER XXX. 



Expenses of foxhunting establishments — Large and small packs 

 — Scratch lot of harriers kept cost free — Farming and fox- 

 hunting — Touring with an agriculturist — A dip in blue 

 water— Master growing his stud as well as his com — Gen- 

 tlemen huntsmen ........ 248 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



Subdivision of overgrown countries conducive to sport — Leaden - 

 hall foxes — Rights of country — " Mos pro lege " — Foxhunt- 

 ing the fashion — The king of sportsmen — The late Sir 

 "Wheeler Cuffe and clipping — Neutral coverts . . . 257 



CHAPTER XXXII. 



Turkish baths — Warm baths for hounds — More bad than good 

 results from their use — System of kennel — Originated with 

 "The Father of the Chase" — The master's eye — The late 

 Lord Ducie and Bondsman ...... 265 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 



Hydrophobia — Length of time the virus lies dormant in the sys- 

 tem — Our feeder ........ 274 



