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— The Duke of Cleveland's Reason for giving up Hunting. — Mr. 

 Osbaldeston's Hounds and Will. Gardner. — Their Stoutness, — How to 

 feed to " Go the Pace" and Kill Foxes. — Early Feeding the Best. — 

 Mr. Warde and his " Stopping Balls." — Will. Neverd and his " Quick- 

 silver Balls." — Delicate Feeders 56 



CHAPTER IV. 



Comparison between the Old Farrier and Modern Vet. — Blaine's Canine 

 Pathology. — Distemper. — Vaccination Fails as a Remedy. — Barm 

 Salutary. — The Distemper first brought from France. — Major Bragrave's 

 System. — Yellows or Jaundice. — Worms. — Dressing, and Mange. — 

 Wounds and Bites. — Weak Eyes.— Bite of a Viper.— Swelled Toes. — 

 Canker. — Fistula.— Swelled Neck and Sore Throat. — Fractures. — 

 Physic. — Sulphur and Salts. — Shoulder Lameness.— Recipe for Rheu- 

 matism. — Implements, &c. — Canine Madness. — The Warwickshire 

 Hounds Afflicted. — Mr. H. Combe's, Mr. Hall's, Wm. Smith's Remedy. 

 — The Knife and Caustic the Only Cure 74 



CHAPTER V. 



Commencement of the Hunting Season.— Young Hounds brought into the 

 Kennel — Rounding Puppies at their Quarters.— The First and Second 

 Draft.— Extensive Breeders of Hounds.— Jackall Hunting in India.— 

 Anecdote of Hounds Running a Pony, also Running Crows and a 

 Donkey.— Trailed Scents.— Crane's Trial of Young Hounds.— An Irish 

 Challenge. — Joys of Cub-hunting. — Early Reminiscences.— My First 



Brush. — The Warwickshire Hounds. — Duke of Beaufort's Nectar 



Anecdote of the Steadiness of the Warwickshire Hounds. — Entering 

 Puppies to Hare in the Spring.— Wm. Shaw's Opinion. — Old Will. 

 Carter.— Mr. Meynell's System.— Physic and Dressing.— The Floors 

 should be Strawed during the Last Operation.— Exercise. — Turned down 

 Foxes Bad. — Late Seasons and Harvest in the North.— A Dog Run and 

 Killed by Lord Middleton's Hounds.— Anecdote of a Fox in a Chimney. 

 Mr. Stubbs.— Extraordinary Run in Cub-hunting Ill 



CHAPTER VI. 



Covers. — Making the most of a rough Country. — Gorse Covers in Northamp- 

 tonshire. — Artificial Covers. — Sowing, Cutting and Burning. — Fagot 

 or Dead Covers. — Destruction of Rabbits by Fire. — Mr. Meynell's 

 Hounds, and Jack Raven. — Dividing the two Packs from the First. — 

 Mr. Hall's Hounds. — Drawing Hounds according to Size and Pace. — On 

 Whipper's-in.— 'Ihe old School and the New. — The Modern Huntsman. 

 — Turned down Foxes.— A Frenchman's Ideas of what a Huntsman 



