388 



HUNTING. 



MAY 

 May Fair, ancient meets in, 17 

 Melton Club, horse-selling, f£i/r</« 



at the, 190 

 Melton Mowbray, a point of 



vantage for the Quorn, 234 ; 



hunting society of, 280 

 Meynell, Mr., his mastership of 



the Quorn hounds, 230 

 Milton pack and country, 272 

 Mostyn, Sir Thomas, 260 



Navicular disease, 113 



' Nimrod ' on half-bred hunters 



past and present, 176 

 Northampton, 247 

 Northumberland, fifth Earl of, 



stud of, 170 

 Norwich, hunting grounds 



owned by the see of, at the 



Reformation, 12 



Oakley hunt, 271 

 Osbaldeston, Squire, 231 

 Otter, the, our defective know- 

 ledge of, 299 ; his habit of 

 shifting quarters, 301 ; find- 

 ing in a new neighbourhood, 

 story of, 302 ; not capable of 

 living in water, 304 ; neces- 

 sity of changing streams in 

 hunting, 305 ; letter from Mr. 

 Collier on, 306 ; time for 

 hunting, 307 ; breeding habits 

 of, 308 ; hunting mlluenced 

 by the state of the rivers, 310 ; 

 instance of migration of, in a 

 patriarchal fashion, 311; arti- 

 ficial drains for, 312 ; family 

 life of, as observed by Mr. 

 Bulteel, 314; arrival of, he- 

 ralded by the tru ff, 317 ; po- 



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pular enthusiasm for hunting, 

 in North Devon, 318 ; indica- 

 tions of the course of, 319 ; 

 scent of, not readily taken by 

 hounds, 320; choice of hounds 

 for hunting, 321 ; difficulty of 

 heading back, 324 ; trail of, 

 326 ; terriers, 328 ; how to 

 bolt, in a narrow underground 

 drain, 330 ; hour for starting 

 the hunt of, ib. 

 Oxfordshire, South, pack and 

 country, 268 



Partridge, protection of, from 

 foxes, 73 



Payne, Charles, 246 



Payne, George, interlude of, 

 with a fox while hunting 

 hare, 75 ; sale of the stud of, 

 190 



Peterborough, its annual harrier 

 and beagle show, 90 



Pheasants, protection of, from 

 foxes, 73 



Plymouth, Lord, horse-buying 

 vagaries of, 191 



Pollard, Hugh, 32 



Pope on the court ladies' pursuit 

 of hunting, 14 



' Potentate,' a Badminton hound 

 of a perfect type, 143 



Poultry, compensation claims 

 for, 165 



• Prince of Wales's day' in the 

 Cottesmore, 240 



Provinces, hunting in the, 253 



Pytchley hounds, history of the, 

 242 ; a great day's sport with 

 the, 244 ; towns in the vici- 

 nity of the, 246 ; the country 

 hunted by the, 24S 



