CONTENTS. XI 



PAGE 



A Protest Aoainst Butchery 155 



A EiNG FROM Thorpe Trussels 151) 



All Fools' Day, 1875 162 



SEASON 1876—77. 



First Fruits op 1876 166 



A Northern Veteran 172 



From Staplepord 173 



The Two Great Runs of the Season with the Cottesmore : 



From Orton Park Wood 180 



(A Belvoir Fox and a Quorn Pig) 



The Ranksboro' Run 188 



SEASON 1877—78. 



A Preface to the Season 197 



KiKBY Gate 1877 200 



A Scent on the Plough 205 



The Whissendine 209 



Perils by Land and Water 215 



The Pink Wedding 218 



A North Warwickshire Corner ... ... 220 



A Release 22.3 



Sunny February 227 



Without Hounds and With 232 



Thrust and Thirst 236 



To Ground in View 240 



End of the Season 242 



