CONTENTS 



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Intkoduction 1 



1. Georgian Stao-hunting 22 



II. The New School 48 



III. Charles Davis . , . , 59 



IV. Debateable Land 82 



V. Deek 92 



VI. The Staghound 114 



VII. The Harrow Country 142 



VIII. The Forest .158 



IX. Banks and Ditches , . 172 



X. Black and White 189 



XI. Kennels and Stables . . . , . . . 200 



XII. Ascot Affairs 213 



XIII. Predecessors 222 



XIV. Vknerie and the Valois 244 



XV. The Empire and the Republic 258 



XVI. French Horsemanship 278 



XVII. French Horses 290 



Appendix : List of Meeting Places of Royal Hunt , 308 



Index . , 305 



