INDEX 



355 



chopping, 207 ; falling dead 

 before hounds, 237 ; lack 

 of scent when squatting, 238 ; 

 going to ground, 245 ; two 

 hares killed in one hunt, 246 ; 

 curious incident with, 257 ; 

 in South Africa, 319 



Hare-finding, difficulties of, 53, 

 99-101 



Hare-hunter, an old-time, 21-23 ; 

 of eighteenth century, 24-25 ; 

 an Essex, 30-33 ; three 

 schools of, 78 ; Somervile 

 on the, 312 



Hare-hunting, antiquity of, 1 ; 

 establishment of James I., 

 3 ; of Queen Elizabeth, 3 ; 

 clergy and, 4 ; old customs 

 in, 5 ; ancient terms used 

 in, 5 ; tracking hares in 

 snow, 5 ; rise of, 6 ; Somer- 

 vile and, 6-13 ; coursing and, 

 9 ; Beckford and, 14-16, 

 59 ; different methods of, 

 16-17 ; literature of, 17-18 ; 

 our ancestors and, 19-21 ; 

 Sir Roger de Coverley and, 

 26-29 ; Essex, circa 1 800, 

 30-33 ; and pursuit of fox, 

 34 ; and Monmouthshire 

 foxhounds, 35 ; temporary 

 decline of, 36 ; during Penin- 

 sula War, 59 ; old style of 

 hounds for, 65-67 ; three 

 schools of, 78 ; different kinds 

 of hound for, 78 ; with 

 foxhounds, reasons against, 

 81 ; pace in, 82 ; different 

 styles of, 83 ; modern, 97- 

 116; the meet, 99; the 

 view, loi ; the death, i lo-i 1 1 ; 

 evils of fresh hares, 113 ; 

 rewards to farmers, &c., 



115; different styles of, 

 119; in Ireland, 159; diffi- 

 culties of, 208 ; cost and 

 equipment, 215-227 ; notable 

 runs and curious anec- 

 dotes, 228-248 ; Masters of 

 fox-hounds and, 287-288 ; 

 coursing and, 288-289 ; 

 with basset-hounds, 294-307 ; 

 future of, 308-321 ; advan- 

 tages of, 317-318 ; old poems 

 on, 323-326, 340-341 

 Harriers, Somervile and, 7 ; 

 true, 17 ; " pure," 60, 70, 

 79 ; evolution of, 61 ; old 

 English, 61 ; Mr. Webber's, 

 and the Silverton, 61 ; Haldon 

 61 ; Sir John Heathcoat 

 Amory's, 64, 70 ; various 

 kinds of, in former days, 

 65-67 ; product of cross with 

 fox-beagle, 69 ; a blended race, 

 70 ; some ancient packs, 

 70-72 ; change in style of, 

 74-75 ; " hare-hunting fox- 

 hounds," 75 ; " Stonehenge " 

 on, 75-76 ; in Devon, Wales, 

 and the North, jj ; revival 

 of interest in old-fashioned, 



78 ; various kinds of, 78, 



79 ; Bexhill and their history, 



80 ; starting a pack of, 80-81 ; 

 pure not yet ousted, 81 

 stud-book and old English, 

 82-83 ; different styles of, 



83 ; height of, in various 

 packs, 83 ; ideal height of, 



84 ; blue-mottle type, 85 ; 

 a good blend in, 85 ; colours 

 of, 86 ; notes on breeding of, 

 86-87 ; Beckford's points, 



87 ; should " pack " well, 



88 ; at hound shows, 89 ■ 



