CONTENTS. xiii 



CHAPTER XVII. 



PACK 



SETTER TO RETRIEVE. BLOODHOUNDS. RETRIEVERS TO " BEAT." 



WOUNDED WILD-FOWL RETRIEVED BEFORE THE KILLED . . 294 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



BECKFORD. ST. JOHN. CONDITION. INOCULATION. VACCINA- 

 TION. CONCLUSION 307 



POSTSCRIPT : MR. L G*S LETTER . 322 



APPENDIX : 



COVERS, SHOOTING, LOADING 328 



TRAPPING. OWL AS DECOY. HEN HARRIER. KEEPER'S VER- 

 MIN-DOGS. STOATS 331 



REARING PHEASANTS. CANTELO. PHEASANTRIES. MR. KNOX 335 



SETTERS. POACHERS. KEEPERS. NETTING PARTRIDGES. 



BLOODHOUNDS. NIGHT-DOGS 344 



INDEX, in which the figures refer to the numbers of the paragraphs, 



and not to the pages 349 



