CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION

CHAPTER I THE PROLOGUE

CHAPTER II OF THE HARE AND OF HER NATURE

CHAPTER III OF THE HART AND HIS NATURE

CHAPTER IV OF THE BUCK AND OF HIS NATURE

CHAPTER V OF THE ROE AND OF HIS NATURE

CHAPTER VI OF THE WILD BOAR AND OF HIS NATURE

CHAPTER VII OF THE WOLF AND OF HIS NATURE

CHAPTER VIII OF THE FOX AND OF HIS NATURE

CHAPTER IX OF THE GREY (BADGER) AND OF HIS NATURE

CHAPTER X OF THE (WILD) CAT AND ITS NATURE

CHAPTER XI THE OTTER AND HIS NATURE

CHAPTER XII OF THE MANNER AND HABITS AND CONDITIONS OF HOUNDS

CHAPTER XIII OF SICKNESSES OF HOUNDS AND OF THEIR CORRUPTIONS

CHAPTER XIV OF RUNNING HOUNDS AND OF THEIR NATURE

CHAPTER XV OF GREYHOUNDS AND OF THEIR NATURE

CHAPTER XVI OF ALAUNTES AND OF THEIR NATURE

CHAPTER XVII OF SPANIELS AND OF THEIR NATURE

CHAPTER XVIII OF THE MASTIFF AND OF HIS NATURE

CHAPTER XIX WHAT MANNER AND CONDITION A GOOD HUNTER SHOULD HAVE.

CHAPTER XX HOW THE KENNEL FOR THE HOUNDS AND THE COUPLES FOR

CHAPTER XXI HOW THE HOUNDS SHOULD BE LED OUT TO SCOMBRE

CHAPTER XXII HOW A HUNTER'S HORN SHOULD BE DRIVEN

CHAPTER XXIII HOW A MAN SHOULD LEAD HIS GROOM IN QUEST FOR TO KNOW A HART BY HIS TRACE

CHAPTER XXIV HOW A MAN SHOULD KNOW A GREAT HART BY THE FUMES 177

CHAPTER XXV HOW A MAN SHOULD KNOW A GREAT HART BY THE PLACE WHERE HE HATH FRAYED HIS HEAD

CHAPTER XXVI HOW THE ORDINANCE SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE HART

CHAPTER XXVII HOW A HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST BY THE SIGHT

CHAPTER XXVIII HOW AN HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST BETWEEN THE PLAINS AND THE WOOD

CHAPTER XXIX HOW A HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST IN THE COPPICE AND THE YOUNG WOOD

CHAPTER XXX HOW AN HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST IN GREAT COVERTS AND STRENGTHS

CHAPTER XXXI HOW A HUNTER SHOULD QUEST IN CLEAR SPIRES AND HIGH WOOD 198

CHAPTER XXXII HOW A GOOD HUNTER SHALL GO IN QUEST TO HEAR THE HARTS BELLOW

CHAPTER XXXIII HOW THE ASSEMBLY THAT MEN CALL GATHERING SHOULD

CHAPTER XXXIV HOW THE HART SHOULD BE MOVED WITH THE LYMER AND RUN TO AND SLAIN WITH STRENGTH

CHAPTER XXXV HOW AN HUNTER SHOULD SEEK AND FIND THE HARE WITH RUNNING HOUNDS AND SLAY HER WITH STRENGTH

CHAPTER XXXVI OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE MANNER OF HUNTING WHEN

APPENDIX

LIST OF SOME BOOKS CONSULTED AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TEXT

GLOSSARY OF OBSOLETE ENGLISH TERMS AND WORDS OCCURRING IN THE

INDEX

Extracts from Reviews in the English and American Press

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