CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Great Equestrian Feat performed without a Horse. — The 

 Author's rapid Promotion. — Reminiscences connected with 

 Ten Thousand a-year. — The " Real Original " Fox. — Ac- 

 count of some Morning Calls upon him. — He dies a Do- 

 mesticated Character. — Comparative speed of Hounds and 

 Horses. — The Author becomes M. F. H. — A Maxim on 

 Horsemanship. — Formation of a Kennel of Hounds. — 

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CHAPTER IL 



A Curiosity in Natural History. — The Fox who had lost his 

 Tail. — Sir Lewen Glynn in the Saddle. — A Model Fox 

 Covert. — Five Miles in Twelve Minutes. — Performances of 

 old John Ward's Pack. — Testimonials of the right sort. — 

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CHAPTER IIL 



Fox-hound Kennels of the present Day. — Aristocratic Fox- 

 hounds. — Varieties of Fox-hounds. — Fair Play for the 

 Fox. — The Duke of Beaufort's Hounds. — Cover-side Chro- 



