xiv CONTENTS 



A veracious Account of how Squire Bragg purchased a Pack of dead 

 Harriers for Five Hundred Pounds. — How to form a Pack when you 

 cannot buy one. — A Story about the ruling Passion, which must be 

 continued in the next Chapter .... page 159 



CHAPTER XVII 

 A Caudle Lecture by a lot of Curs. — The first and last of an Angola 

 Cat. — " Ware cur Dog." — Over the Downs to Charbury. — How a 

 Goat lost its Tail, and a Squire got a Ducking. — A short Moral to 

 a long Story. — Management of Harriers in the Field. — Their two 

 greatest Faults. — Allurements of Hare-hunting . . 169 



CHAPTER XVIII 

 Fox-hunting in North Wales. — Two distinct Varieties of Partridges to 

 be found there. — Parvenu Encroachments on the old Hunting- 

 grounds. — Woodcocks and Grouse. — Climate and Provisions. — 

 Poaching in the Rivers. — A Pack of North Wales Fox-hounds. 

 180 



CHAPTER XIX 

 " Scrutator " in his Shooting-jacket. — A quick Method of filling the Bag. 

 — Accidents arising from the imprudent handling of Fire-arms — The 

 Poaching Fraternity. — A Sporting Poet. — The Habits of the Part- 

 ridge. — Old Ponto. — What Pointers can do when well Trained. — The 

 distinguishing Attribute of Pointers common to the whole Canine 

 Race .......... 186 



CHAPTER XX 

 Partridge -shooting continued. — Hints on the method of handling the 

 Gun. — Accidents arising from the imprudent handling of Fire-arms. 

 — Grouse -shooting. — Varieties of the Grouse species. — The Caper- 

 cailzie. — Intimate connection between Poaching and Pilfering. — An 

 obliging Communication. — A short digression about Babylon and 

 Bandanas. — The First of October. — Speech is Silver, but Silence is 

 Gold. — Hints on the Beating of Coverts. — The best plan for Rabbit- 

 shooting. — An Easy Method of keeping Hares at Home. — "Scrutator" 

 has another fling at the giant Battue System. — An Extempore 

 Duel 196 



CHAPTER XXI 

 Horse-breaking. — ^What Mr. Rarey has, and what he has not, done. — 

 Can the Zebra be really tamed ? — ^Nervous Temperament of the 

 Horse. — Its Docility. — Difference between the trained Hunter of 



