INDEX 



Shenstone, William, and Somervile, 

 218 



Shepherd, Charles, a famous hunts- 

 man, 305-6 



Shepherds and wheatears, 295 



Shot-belt, an old, 274 



Shrike : red-backed, 158 ; lesser 

 grey, 158 



Skua: common, 163; pomatorhine, 

 163 ; Richardson's, 163 



Slieve Car, 189 



Slievemore, 191 



Smith, Tom, 306 



Smugglers, 10-12 



Snipe: common, not known in South 

 Africa, 162; great, in South Africa, 

 162; painted, 162; in hard weather, 

 310-11; digestive powers of, 311; 

 various kinds of, 3 1 1-12; favourite 

 haunts, 312 ; jack-, 312-13, 315 ; 

 shooting, 313-15 ; good bags of, 

 314; breeding- places of, 314; 

 shooting abroad, 315; "Quarter- 

 master Molloy," 314-15 ; three 

 kinds of, shot at Glenlair, 315; 

 "drumming" of, 316-18; range 

 of, 318; in South Africa, 319; 

 differences between common and 

 South African, 319; flesh of, 320; 

 good bags of in England, 320 



Somervile-Aston, 206 



Somervile, William, 135 ; and The 

 Chace, 204-5 birth and ancestry, 

 205-6 ; his estates, 206 ; portrait 

 of, 206-7 ; and Shakespeare, 206 ; 

 marriage, 207 ; his hounds and 

 country, 207-8 ; favourite hunter, 

 208 ; John Hoitt, his huntsman, 

 208 ; appearance and costume of, 

 209; as a writer, 209-17; kennel 

 management, 211; description of 

 a hound by, 211; and country 

 gentleman, 212 ; and Windsor 

 stag-hunt, 216-17; and otter-hunt- 

 ing, 217, 253; embarrassment of 

 estate of, 217-18 ; death of, 218; 

 memorial to, 218 ; the " father of 

 modern hunting," 219 



Somervile, Lord, 206, 217-18 

 Somerville, Miss E. A2., 122 

 South Africa : ruffs and reeves in, 



58 ; landrail in, 65-6 ; reported 



occurrence of woodcock in, 78 ; 



quail - shooting in, 106, 108 ; 



bustards in, 116-18; British birds 



in, 153-64 ; the kestrel in, 200 ; 



badger in, 240 ; snipe-shooting 



in, 315 ; snipe in, 319 

 Southern hound, the, 207 ; and 



otter-hunting, 254 

 Spain, quail-shooting in, 106; great 



bustard in, no-ii ; sand-grouse 



in, 263 



Spalding, 20, 59 

 Spaniel: shooting with a, 270; land-, 



or setter, 275 

 Sparrows, 31 

 Sparrow-hawk, the, 154 ; place of 



in falconry, 202 ; on the downs, 



303 



Spoonbill, the, 5-6 

 Spoon-net, 146-7 

 Sporting Magazine^ The, and 



Somervile, 207-8, 218 

 Spring : by the shore, 283-8 ; plea- 

 sure of, 287 ; on the downs, 



294 



Spurn Point, 70 

 Staghounds, numbers of packs of, 



119-20 

 Stag-hunt, Somervile's description 



of, 215-16 



Stanhope, Earl, 210 

 Stanley, Bishop, 112 

 Still, an illicit, 229 

 Stilt-plover, the, 161-2 

 Stints, 26 ; in South Africa, 161-2, 



290 ; in Bechuanaland, 290 

 Stonechat, near Beachy Head, 



297 ; range of, 297 

 Stone-curlew, 6-7 ; as a table bird, 



26-7 ; habits of, 26 

 Stone-hatch, or ring-plover, 283 

 Stork, white, 159-60 

 Stratford-on-Avon, 206 

 Stramore Lodge, 187-8, 192, 196 



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