370 



HUNTING. 



OAK 

 Oakley hunt, 261 

 Osbaldeston, Squire, 221 

 Otter, the, our defective know- 

 ledge of, 289 ; his habit of 

 shifting quarters, 291 ; find- 

 ing in a new neighbourhood, 

 story of, 292 ; not capable of 

 living in water, 294 ; neces- 

 sity of changing streams in 

 hunting, 295 ; letter from Mr. 

 Collier on, 296 ; time for 

 hunting, 297 ; breeding habits 

 of, 298 ; hunting influenced 

 by the state of the rivers, 300 ; 

 instance of migration of, in a 

 patriarchal fashion, 301 ; arti- 

 ficial drains for, 302 ; family 

 life of, as observed by Mr. 

 Bulteel, 304 ; arrival of, he- 

 ralded by the truif, 307 ; po- 

 pular enthusiasm for hunting, 

 in North Devon, 308 ; indica- 

 tions of the course of, 309 ; 

 scent of, not readily taken by 

 hounds, 310; choice of hounds 

 for hunting, 311 ; difficulty of 

 heading back, 314 ; trail of, 

 316; terriers, 318; how to 

 bolt, in a narrow underground 

 drain, 320 ; hour for starting 

 the hunt of, ib. 

 Oxfordshire, South, pack and 

 country, 258 



Partridge, protection of, from 



foxes, 73 

 Payne, Charles, 236 

 Payne, George, interlude of, 



with a fox while hunting hare, 



75 ; sale of the stud of, 180 

 Pheasants, protection of, from 



foxes, 73 



RID 



Plymouth, Lord, horse-buying 

 vagaries of, 181 



Pollard, Hugh, 32 



Pope on the court ladies' pursuit 

 of hunting, 14 



' Potentate,' a Badminton hound 

 of a perfect type, 133 



Poultry, compensation claims 

 for, 155 



' Prince of Wales's day ' in the 

 Cottesmore, 230 



Provinces, hunting in the, 243 



Pytchley hounds, history of the, 

 232 ; a great day's sport with 

 the, 234 ; towns in the vici- 

 nity of the, 236 ; the country 

 hunted by the, 238 



QUITTOR, 103 



Quorn hounds, history of, 220 

 the country hunted by, 225 



Railway facilities for hunting 

 from London, 274, 276 ; 

 effects of long and frequent 

 journeys by, 276 



Rheumatism in hounds, from the 

 situation of the kennel, 112 



Rider, badness in a, described, 

 184; course to pursue in a 

 strange country, 193 ; awk- 

 ward, subterfuges of, 195 ; 

 courage in, ib. ; advice to, re- 

 specting falls, 197 ; acquire- 

 ment of a good seat by, 198 ; 

 position of, in leaping, 202 ; 

 his hands, 204 ; when to 

 leave his horse alone, 205 ; 

 judgment in, 207 ; to adapt 

 his riding to circumstances, 

 210 ; to give his leader plenty 



