Chapter II: Appendix: 201

LIST OF SOME BOOKS CONSULTED AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TEXT 268

GLOSSARY 282

INDEX 299

ILLUSTRATIONS

FOX HUNTING "ABOVE GROUND" _Frontispiece_

GASTON PH[OE]BUS SURROUNDED BY HUNTSMEN AND HOUNDS _To face page_ 1

THE HARE AND HER LEVERETS " 14

HOW TO QUEST FOR THE HART IN WOODS " 22

BUCK-HUNTING WITH RUNNING HOUNDS " 38

ROEBUCK-HUNTING WITH GREYHOUNDS AND RUNNING HOUNDS " 44

BADGER-DRAWING " 68

OTTER-HUNTING " 72

HOW THE HOUNDS WERE LED OUT " 86

RACHES OR RUNNING HOUNDS IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY " 106

THE SMOOTH AND THE ROUGH-COATED GREYHOUNDS " 114

THE FIVE BREEDS OF HOUNDS DESCRIBED IN THE TEXT " 122

THE KENNEL AND KENNELMEN " 126

THE MASTER TEACHING HIS HUNTSMAN HOW TO QUEST FOR
THE HART WITH THE LIMER OR TRACKHOUND _To face page_ 130

HOW A GREAT HART IS TO BE KNOWN BY HIS "FUMES"
(EXCREMENTS) " 134

HOW THE HUNTER SHOULD VIEW THE HART " 152

HOW TO QUEST FOR THE HART IN COVERTS " 164

HARE-HUNTING WITH GREYHOUNDS AND RUNNING HOUNDS " 182

HARE-DRIVING WITH LOW BELLS " 184

NETTING HARES IN THEIR "MUSES" " 186

THE "UNDOING" OR GRALLOCHING OF THE HART: THE
MASTER INSTRUCTING HIS HUNTERS HOW IT IS DONE " 192

HART-HUNTING WITH GREYHOUNDS AND RACHES " 196

THE "CURÉE" OR REWARDING OF THE HOUNDS" " 198

SHOOTING HARES WITH BLUNT BOLTS " 220