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... Hunting - The Old Fox Again ! A Fast Gallop over the Walls - The Charm of Uncertainty - Fliers of the Hunt - A Narrow Escape - A Check - A Reliable Hound - Failure of Scent - An Excellent Tonic . 98 120 1 CONTENTS . xi CHAPTER VII . A ...
... Hunting - The Old Fox Again ! A Fast Gallop over the Walls - The Charm of Uncertainty - Fliers of the Hunt - A Narrow Escape - A Check - A Reliable Hound - Failure of Scent - An Excellent Tonic . 98 120 1 CONTENTS . xi CHAPTER VII . A ...
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... Hunting in 1592 - A Benighted Sportsman --- " A Goodly Dwelling and a Rich ” —An Old English Gentleman - Shakespeare ... Hunt- 277 CONTENTS . ing Centre - A Varied Country - The xii CONTENTS .
... Hunting in 1592 - A Benighted Sportsman --- " A Goodly Dwelling and a Rich ” —An Old English Gentleman - Shakespeare ... Hunt- 277 CONTENTS . ing Centre - A Varied Country - The xii CONTENTS .
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... Hunting Poem . xiii PAGE CHAPTER XIV . SPRING IN THE COTSWOLDS . terriers - Scotch Habits of Moorhens - Mallard and Swan - Nuthatches -Woodpeckers - Humane Traps - Badgers - Fox- Deerhounds - Retrievers - Cray- fish - The Rookery ...
... Hunting Poem . xiii PAGE CHAPTER XIV . SPRING IN THE COTSWOLDS . terriers - Scotch Habits of Moorhens - Mallard and Swan - Nuthatches -Woodpeckers - Humane Traps - Badgers - Fox- Deerhounds - Retrievers - Cray- fish - The Rookery ...
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... hunting country is this Berkshire vale . The fields are large and entirely grass ; the fences , though strong , are all " flying " ones - posts and rails , too , are frequent in the hedges . Many a fine scamper have the old Berkshire ...
... hunting country is this Berkshire vale . The fields are large and entirely grass ; the fences , though strong , are all " flying " ones - posts and rails , too , are frequent in the hedges . Many a fine scamper have the old Berkshire ...
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... Hunter " " " Shaggy and lean and shrewd . With pointed ears And tail cropped short , half lurcher and half cur , His dog attends him . " The above lines of Cowper's exactly describe the keeper's Irish terrier ; the dog was almost as ...
... Hunter " " " Shaggy and lean and shrewd . With pointed ears And tail cropped short , half lurcher and half cur , His dog attends him . " The above lines of Cowper's exactly describe the keeper's Irish terrier ; the dog was almost as ...
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