LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xi 



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BOUNDED OVER WITH A ROLLICKING SPRING . . . . 148 



WE WERE ROCKING ON THE BANK "163 



SETTLED IN THEIR SWING 173 



CONTINUOUS ACRES OF PLOUGH 180 



AN IDLE STUD 195 



THE OCCUPANTS OF THE CARRIAGES ENJOYED THE FUNNY 



SPECTACLE 2l3 



THE OPEN DITCH 230 



A SHEPHERD WAVING HIS HAT 237 



A MINIATURE STEEPLECHASE COURSE 255 



CASUALTIES TO SOME EXTENT ALARMING 268 



A SPLENDID BUCK DASHED PAST MY PONY'S NOSE . . . 278 



GLORY OR ENGULFMENT 283 



HIS GRACELESS PLAYMATE GALLOPED PAST .... 289 



SQUADS OF YOUNG HORSES GALLOPING IN THE PASTURES . 30I 



A HOG-MANED STEEPLECHASER 305 



THE HUNTSMAN LED OVER THE BROKEN CAUSEWAY . . 316 



A HOT HAT FLYING IN THE BREEZE 329 



THE EFFECT WAS COMICAL 332 



"I KEEPS NO WIRE l' WINTER-TIME" 34^ 



BRAUNSTON GORSE 343 



LEADING ME OVER A BANK INTO A ROAD 351 



A FINE FOX BROKE FROM THE GORSE 355 



THE SUMMONS OF A SOLDIER-SERVANT 379 



THE BOREEN 3^4 



MR. C. BEATTY ALONE FOLLOWED JOHN'S EXAMPLE . . . 388 



HE FINISHED THE DAY ON THE GOVERNOR'S HORSE . . 39' 



THE MOB ASSISTED TO HUNT THE FOX 39^ 



SIGNS OF WEAR-AND-TEAR 403 



THE BLACKEST OF BULLFINCHES 409 



