CHAPTER XVIII.

BECKFORD. ST. JOHN. CONDITION. INOCULATION. VACCINATION. CONCLUSION 307

POSTSCRIPT: MR. L----G'S LETTER 322

APPENDIX:

COVERS, SHOOTING, LOADING 328

TRAPPING.--OWL AS DECOY.--HEN HARRIER.--KEEPER'S VERMIN-DOGS.--STOATS 331

REARING PHEASANTS.--CANTELO.--PHEASANTRIES.--MR. KNOX 335

SETTERS.--POACHERS.--KEEPERS.--NETTING PARTRIDGES. --BLOODHOUNDS.--NIGHT-DOGS 344

INDEX, _in which the figures refer to the numbers of the paragraphs, and not to the pages_ 349

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

VARIOUS RETRIEVERS _Frontispiece._

SCENE NEAR WALTHAM ABBEY, _1st Sept. 1847_ _Title-page._

OLD-FASHIONED ENGLISH SETTER,--RETRIEVERS, ONE A CROSS WITH BLOODHOUND. (Lesson VIII. Par. 141) _Page_ 25

THE CHECK--'HOLD HARD!' 30

A FOUR-LEGGED WHIPPER-IN 33

CLUMBERS. (Lesson III. Par. 141) 43

WILD SPANIELS. (Lesson XII. Par. 141) 47

IRISH WATER SPANIEL. (Lesson I. Par. 141) 53

INCLINED TO 'RAT' 77

BROACHING A BARREL 84

DEAF TO THE VOICE OF PERSUASION 90

A SOLICITOR 91

REPLETE WITH GOOD THINGS 95

BACKING THE GUN AGAINST THE BIRD 117

SAFELY MOORED, 'STEM' AND 'STERN' 121

"STIFF BY THE TAINTED GALE WITH OPEN NOSE OUTSTRETCHED AND FINELY SENSIBLE" 124

A DOG-FISH 125

"SMALL, ACTIVE POINTER." (Lesson IX. Par. 141) 131

"SHORT-LEGGED STRONG-LOINED SUSSEX SPANIEL." (Lesson XV. Par. 141) 137

"DUKE OF GORDON'S BLACK AND TAN SETTERS." (Lesson XIV. Par. 141) 141

LARGE HEAVY POINTER. (Lesson X. Pars. 141 and 266) 157

CARRYING A POINT, AND CARRYING A POINTER 173

THE FIRST COURSE 197

FASHIONABLE (ENGLISH) SETTER, AND OLD-FASHIONED POINTER. (Lesson XIII. Par. 141) 215

IRISH RED SETTER. (Lesson II. Par. 141) 221

SCENE FROM 'CRIPPLE-GAIT.'--'GAME' TO THE LAST 237

DOMINI AND 'DOMINOS' 245

THE MIGHTY KING 254

COOL AS A CUCUMBER 255

A REGULAR BORE 259

THERE ARE BOUNDS TO SPORT 263

WARM GREETING OF A GREAT 'BORE' 266

INVITATION TO A 'WHITE-BAIT' DINNER 267

BRINGING HOME THE BRUSH 269

SCENE ON THE 'THLEW-ĔE-CHŌH-DEZETH' 272

RUSSIAN SETTER. (Lesson XI. Pars. 141 and 266) 275

TELL ME MY HEART (HART) IF THIS BE LOVE 283

DIVISION OF PROPERTY 297

"EXAMPLE BETTER THAN PRECEPT" 303

PORTRAIT OF BRISK 321

'FOUL' FEEDING 336

A WELL-TRAINED BLOODHOUND 345

*+*_The Frontispiece, Vignette Title, and the Lessons, are designed and drawn on Wood by_ F. W. KEYL. _See 4th Preface._

DOG-BREAKING.