CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. THE HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF HUNTING .. i 



II. BEASTS OF THE CHASE . . 36 



THE STAG 36 



THE FOX AND HIS HABITS .... 62 



HARRIERS AND THE HARE . . . 74 



BEAGLES HUNTED ON FOOT .... 83 



III. THE STABLE 89 



IV. THE KENNEL . . . 109 

 V. HUNT SERVANTS . . . . ' . . . . 135 



THE DUTIES OF A HUNTSMAN IN THE FIELD . 135 

 THE DUTIES OF A WHIPPER-IN . . . . 141 

 THE DUTIES OF A KENNEL HUNTSMAN . . 148 

 THE DUTIES OF AN EARTH-STOPPER . . . 151 

 COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES DONE BY HORSE- 

 MEN AND BY FOXES 153 



ARTIFICIAL FOX EARTHS 156 



VI. THE HORSE . . 159 



VII. THE RIDER . . 186 



VIII. THE SHIRES . .216 



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