CONTENTS. Vll 



CHAPTER VII. 



Riding to Hounds, and Riding after them. — The proper use 

 of Rems and Stirrups. — When the Hounds speak, the 

 Hunters should be silent. — The Momentous Moment. — 

 How to Steer across Country. — Men who try to catch the 

 Fox by themselves. — Reason for Riding on the Down-wind 

 side of the Hounds. — Horses' Heads not made to hold on 

 by. — Fair and foolish ways of taking Fences. — Head 

 and Heart requh-ed m Riding to Hounds. — Craners and 

 Funkers.— -Relation between the Master of Hounds and the 

 Members of a Hunt .... page ill 



CHAPTER Vill. 



Rules to be observed in the Breeding of Fox -hounds. — Whim- 

 sical Sites for Kennels. — Months in which Whelps should 

 have their Birthdays. — Dressing Hounds. — Value of 

 Vegetable Diet. — Some Observations on the Science of 

 Breeding . . . . . . 125 



CHAPTER IX. 



Use of the Warm Bath for Hounds. — The Daily Constitu- 

 tional. — Smooth Coats and Rough Coats. — Qualities essen- 

 tial to a Good Huntsman. — When the Horn should be used. 

 — Beckford on Huntsmen and Whippers-in. — Order of 

 Precedence in going to Covert. — Kennel Management. — 

 Pen and Ink Portraits. — Deer-hunting Extraordinary . 138 



CHAPTER X. 



On Feeding Fox-hounds. — A Pate' de Pe'rigueux. — Some Re- 

 marks on Love and Horseflesh. — Marriages in France 

 during the Reign of Terror. — Once a Huntsman always a 

 Huntsman. — A Time for all Things. — How the Hunting 

 Man's Pleasure may profit his Neighbour. — The Inevitable 

 Hour • • • . . .154 



