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Book. Special thanks are clue to Miss Burges for the initial letters 

 of the chapters, and for three drawings which occur on pages 68, 108, 

 and 110. 



The sources of photographs are too numerous to mention, or to 

 make it possible to thank contributors separately. By the way, 

 the taking of the " official " group on the Backs (it used to be in 

 Hills and Saunders' garden) is _^ 



rather an event sometimes, and 

 I have a sketch by me of the 

 photographer trying with the 

 aid of a tin trumpet to personate 

 the blaster so that the hounds 

 may hold their heads up and look 

 pleasant. 



There are two other " after 

 thoughts." I have suspected 

 T. H. H. of drawing a very unflat- 

 tering caricature of myself as 

 " Our Host at Manea " (see p. 

 201) and then rubbing it out. I 

 have since asked him and he says, 

 " / didn't draw ' Our Host at 

 Manea,' but I did rub it out 

 before you saw the book and 

 before I knew you well enough 

 to know you would not mind ! 

 You nearly saw it, I remember, and it did make me hot avoid- 

 ing it.— T. H. H." 



The other relates to veterinary details in the " Farmers' Book," 

 Chapter VIII., to wit, the prescription for mange. I have tried it 

 myself — I mean for my dogs — which is but fair, seeing that two 

 puppies brought it from the kennels. My gardener asked for some 

 for himself as he was gettincj bald ! 



Frciiii Drawing by A. H. Penn in T.F.B.C. Book. 



