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two celebrated squires and their exploits "Mors omnia 

 vincit" 218 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



Earth - stoppers and keepers Barring out for the season A 

 failure The earth -stopper and his pony of olden time 

 Gamekeepers Their perquisites and tricks Game pre- 

 servers and foxes Turning down cubs Previous treatment 

 Mange in foxes Main earths in sandy soils Viper buried 

 for ten days Badgers and their habits .... 225 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



Stub-bred foxes the stoutest runners Any port in a storm 



Terriers Our old sort Pilgrim Bagmen . . . 235 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



Forming a pack of foxhounds Entered and unentered drafts 

 Dog shows Foxhunters' Club Weak understandings 

 Saffron The tape Length of body or limb Stud-hounds 

 A leaf from the genealogical tree 240 



CHAPTER XXX. 



Expenses of foxhunting establishments Large and small packs 

 Scratch lot of harriers kept cost free Farming and fox- 

 hunting Touring with an agriculturist A dip in blue 

 water Master growing his stud as well as his corn Gen- 

 tlemen huntsmen 248 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



Subdivision of overgrown countries conducive to sport LeadeH- 

 hall foxes Rights of country "Mos prolege" Foxhunt- 

 ing the fashion The king of sportsmen The late Sir 

 "Wheeler Cuffe and clipping Neutral coverts . . . 257 



CHAPTER XXXII. 



Turkish baths Warm baths for hounds More bad than good 

 results from their use System of kennel Originated with 

 "The Father of the Chase" The master's eye The late 

 Lord Ducie and Bondsman 265 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 



phobia Length of time the virus lies dormant in the sys- 

 tem Our feeder . 274 



