CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEK 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 



in. The Stable 89 



IV. The Kennel 109 



y. Hunt Servants 13^ 



THE DUTIES OF A HUNTSMAN IN THE FIELD . 1 35 



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 1-6 



VI. The Horse j^^ 



VII. The Rider i86 



VIII. The Shires . .216 



