CONTENTS xii 



CHAPTER XI 

 How to feed Fox-hounds after a Hard Day's Work. — Reminiscences of 

 Hounds in bygone Days. — Quality versus Quantity. — Cure for the 

 Kennel Sickness. — Healthy Food. — When a dead Horse may be 

 given to Fox-hounds, and when to Apple Trees. — A little Romance, 

 in which the Author, a Horse, and a young lady play conspicuous 

 parts page ii8 



CHAPTER XII 

 The Sportsman's Library. — A practical Lesson on the Evils of Idleness. 

 — Salutary disciphne for Riotous Hounds. — The Author's Apology 

 for being Dogmatical on Dogs. — When Whelps should be turned out 

 of the Nursery. — The Mysteries of Barley Meal. — Cure for the Red 

 Mange * . . . . 126 



CHAPTER XIII 

 How to select Young Hounds. — The great Criterion of Judicious 

 Breeding. — Necessity for rounding the Ears of Fox-hounds. — Rules 

 to be observed in selecting Drafts. — Mr. Warde's Hounds. — Cub- 

 hunting, and one of its necessary consequences. — Pursuing the Buck 

 nnder the eyes of Diana. — Nothing New under the Sun . 1 34 



CHAPTER XIV 

 The Expenses of a Hunting Estabhshment. — Arithmetic applied to 

 Horses and Hounds. — The old Grey-hound Fox. — A httle bit of a 

 Frolic. — Young Blood, and how to treat it. — A few Remarks on 

 Practical Knowledge. — The proper Number of Hounds in a Pack. — 

 Some Sanitary Considerations with respect to Food and Warmth. — 

 Preparations for Cub -hunting. — How to test the Condition of a 

 Fox-hound. — QuaHties of Setters and Pointers crossed with the 

 Fox-hound. — The Battue System. — The Day's Work of a Setter and 

 Fox-hound compared. — Distinctive Features of the Rough- and 

 Smooth-Haired Hound. — The Kennels at Belvoir and Cottesmere 

 thirty years ago. — Lord FitzwiUiam's Pack . . 141 



CHAPTER XV 



How to construct a Kennel for Harriers. — Eight Couples form a 



sufficient Pack. — A brief Disquisition on Reason and Instinct. — 



Distinctive Features of Harriers and Fox-hounds. — Fox-hounds 



unsuited to hunt Hares. — Objections to the old Breed of Harrier 151 



CHAPTER XVI 

 Hare-hunting continued. — Requisites for the Kennel. — Good Food, 

 cheap Food. — Difficulty of forming a Pack of Harriers from Drafts. — 



