Contents. 



CHAPTER IV. 



PA(iK 



The Harabledon pack increased — A perilous adventure 

 — Anecdote of Lord Palmerston — Accidents — Hard 

 riding — Removal to Swanmere — Death of Mrs. Smith 

 — Society at Exton — Sir Joseph Yorke and others — 

 Yisit to London — Resigns the Hambledon hounds . 64 



CHAPTER V. 



Becomes Master of the Craven Hunt — A daring leap — 

 The horse General — Repartee of Mr. VVarde — Anec- 

 dote of- H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester — Troubles 

 with young hounds — " A haunch of fox" — The Grey 

 Withers — The Swing riots — Gives up the Craven . 86 



CHAPTER VL 



Second marriage — A theory on Stoneheuge — Mr. Beck- 

 ford's Letter on the Rights of Fox- hunters — Pub- 

 lishes " The Diary of a Huntsman" — A run with the 

 Royal stag-hounds — Death of Vampire — Plan for 

 kennels and stabling 104 



CHAPTER VII. 



Declines the offer of various Hunts — Visit to Scotland — 

 Residence in Dorsetshire — " Tremulous to her new 

 Master" 121 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Becomes Master of the Pytchley Hunt — Management of 

 the hounds — Difficulties — Lord Spencer — Kind con- 

 duct of the Duke of Buccleuch — Extraordinary runs 



