CONTENTS. XV 



CHAPTER XLII. 



PAGE 



Scurry the second — A clip into the vale — Harmony of huntsman 

 and first whip — Jem and his master — Over the hills and far 

 away — Dropping sterns and dropping astern — Blood and con- 

 dition will tell — " Up the hill, spare me " — Trying it on foot 

 — Jem beats his master at pedestrianism — Short, sharp, and 

 decisive 358 



CHAPTER XLIII. 



" Sub Jove frigido " — The foxhunter's season — When a fox is not 

 a fox — Distingnishing characteristics of well-bred foxhounds 

 — ]\Iaking the best of a bad scent — Will Headman's descent 

 into lower regions — Hazel Grove — Forcing a fox — ^A cool cal- 

 culator nearly outwitted — The afternoon fox — Barren downs 

 and luxuriant pastures . . , . . , .366 



CHAPTER XLIV. 



A cold bath — Beaten horses and a beaten fox — Will Headman 

 tastes something stronger than pea soup — Jem and the miller 

 — Two ways of letting off steam — Our huntsman's ideas about 

 scent — The Queen's Head — Staveley and the old waiter — 

 Lame hounds — The jog home. ...... 375 



CHAPTER XLY. 



Foxhunting fixtures — Various motives for meeting hounds — 

 Change of line in drawing coverts — Good foxes on the look- 

 out for squalls — Witches and wizards — The poultry fancier — 

 Scarcity of good bipeds as well as quadi-uj^eds — Counting 

 noses — Keeping your appointments— Hunting a cure for atra 

 cura — Advertising fixtures now imperative — Ludicrous scene 

 in the field — An explosion — The flight of Anak . . , 386 



CHAPTER XLVI. 



Winter rural sports — Foxhunting and pheasant shooting — The 

 battue — Commander-in-chief — Non-interference — Expe- 

 rienced sportsmen of service sometimes — General conduc 

 of the field — -Rivalry in horsemanship — Hunting to ride — 

 Spoiling sport — Heads and tails up . . , , . 394 



CHAPTER XLVII. 



A clear stage — Clearing a pack and five-barred gate— Pressing 

 hounds — Thoroughbred hunters no novelty — Short and bang 

 tails — Ladies in the hunting-field ..... 403 



