CONTENTS. IX 



CHAPTER IX. 



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Training for cub-hunting The unde derivaturot hound language 

 Its use and abuse Cheerfulness and good humour in man 

 productive of cheerful obedience in animals Whey an 

 excellent alterative Our old kennel huntsman Bondsman 

 in disgrace Whips not to be used in kennel Visit of a 

 Dutchman His dread of foxhounds A young lady's new- 

 waltzing partner Her parting kiss The late J. Starkey, of 

 SpyePark 64 



CHAPTER X. 



More remarks on training Gradual increase of pace Swimming 

 through streams No necessity for periodical dressings 

 Beckford's opinion at variance with our own Clean wheat 

 straw indispensable as litter Vegetables during summer 

 Alteratives Old oatmeal the staple food Mode of prepara- 

 tion Objections to barley Iron boilers, not copper Time 

 for boiling Good man-cook French cuisine "De gustibus 

 non est disputandum " A bas greaves . . . .74 



CHAPTER XI. 



Cub-hunting, the rehearsal of foxhunting Teaching the young 

 ideas how to hunt Tutors and governess for the entry 

 Division of the pack Early dawn most favourable for scent 

 A single hound a match for a fox Rambler showing the 

 white feather, and sent rambling Cub-hunting in the even- 

 ing Objections to it Giving views Blooding the entry 

 111 effects of lifting young hounds More haste, less speed 

 The meaning of the horn Babbling and skirting . . 83 



CHAPTER XII. 



The twofold use of cub-hunting Barring out young foxes 

 Shyness of fox family Main earths Untenable objections 

 to them Poachers, and their modus operandi Former 

 value of foxes "Light come, light go " Fence months to 

 other game, no defence to foxes The May fox and July cub 

 Early cub-hunting recommended Difference between grass 

 and arable countries Hardness of ground injurious to 

 hounds' feet Easy places and short work Early impres- 

 sions most lasting When to let well alone Marking to 

 ground Scene at a coalpit 92 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Master's presence necessary to judge of entry Duties devolving 

 on masters Some excuses for neglecting them First-class 

 huntsmen Duke of Beaufort's letter to Will Long Goosey 



