LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



A Mil fox with his nose to the hills, and 



hounds screami?Tg close behind him . . Frontispiece 



" Let's have one more look at the Irish inare " To face page 9 



'^ Forager " with the carcase of a hen hang- 

 ing from his jaws „ „ 16 



She slid the astonished horse?nan not un- 

 gracefully over her tail. . . . „ „ 24 



He faced round at them with open jaws . „ „ 47 



Old '^Bedpost" scratching the affected leg . „ „ 54 



Bobby bolted underneath it at the risk of 



being scraped off ..... 3) » 67 



" Scurry'''* lying curled up beside him growl- 

 ing savagely . . • • • 55 » 83 



With a twist of his quarters flung himself 



over with a foot and a half to spare . „ „ 89 



Pat Murray sittifig complacently on a dog- 

 cart cushiofi alongside his trap . . „ ,,102 



We gazed at the huddled-up forms on the 



sleeping benches , . . . . ,, ,,108 



Setting out on a fourteen-mile jog home . „ „ 122 



^^ The tarrierJis oot close ahint ^im^' . . „ ,,132 



He was pushed on to his head and balanced 



there ....... )> jj 148 



She could not stay beside the old horse . „ „ 160 



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