The Master of Game - Edward of Norwich

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      THE MASTER OF GAME

       Fox hunting “above ground” With raches or running hounds. (From MS. f. fr. 616 in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.)

      THE MASTER OF GAME

      EDWARD OF NORWICH

      Edited by William A. Baillie-Grohman and F. N. Baillie-Grohman

       Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt

      University of Pennsylvania Press

       Philadelphia

      Originally published 1909 by F. Duffield and Co.

      Paperback edition first published 2005 by

      University of Pennsylvania Press

      Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

      Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper

      10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

      ISBN-10:0-8122-1937-6

      ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-1937-1

      A U.S. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication record is available from the Library of Congress

      CONTENTS

       LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

       INTRODUCTION

       FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION

I. THE PROLOGUE
II. OF THE HARE AND OF HER NATURE
III. OF THE HART AND HIS NATURE
IV. OF THE BUCK AND OF HIS NATURE
V. OF THE ROE AND OF HIS NATURE
VI. OF THE WILD BOAR AND OF HIS NATURE
VII. OF THE WOLF AND OF HIS NATURE
VIII. OF THE FOX AND OF HIS NATURE
IX. OF THE GREY (BADGER) AND OF HIS NATURE
X. OF THE (WILD) CAT AND ITS NATURE
XI. THE OTTER AND HIS NATURE
XII. OF THE MANNER AND HABITS AND CONDITIONS OF HOUNDS
XIII. OF SICKNESSES OF HOUNDS AND OF THEIR CORRUPTIONS
XIV. OF RUNNING HOUNDS AND OF THEIR NATURE
XV. OF GREYHOUNDS AND OF THEIR NATURE
XVI. OF ALAUNTES AND OF THEIR NATURE
XVII. OF SPANIELS AND OF THEIR NATURE
XVIII. OF THE MASTIFF AND OF HIS NATURE
XIX. WHAT MANNER AND CONDITION A GOOD HUNTER SHOULD HAVE
XX. HOW THE KENNEL FOR THE HOUNDS AND THE COUPLES FOR THE RACHES AND THE ROPES FOR THE LYMER SHOULD BE MADE
XXI. HOW THE HOUNDS SHOULD BE LED OUT TO SCOMBRE
XXII. HOW A HUNTER’S HORN SHOULD BE DRIVEN
XXIII. HOW A MAN SHOULD LEAD HIS GROOM IN QUEST FOR TO KNOW A HART BY HIS TRACE
XXIV. HOW A MAN SHOULD KNOW A GREAT HART BY THE FUMES
XXV. HOW A MAN SHOULD KNOW A GREAT HART BY THE PLACE WHERE HE HATH FRAYED HIS HEAD
XXVI. HOW THE ORDINANCE SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE HART HUNTING BY STRENGTH AND HOW THE HART SHOULD BE HARBOURED
XXVII. HOW A HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST BY THE SIGHT
XXVIII. HOW AN HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST BETWEEN THE PLAINS AND THE WOOD
XXIX. HOW A HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST IN THE COPPICE AND THE YOUNG WOOD
XXX. HOW AN HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST IN GREAT COVERTS AND STRENGTHS
XXXI. HOW A HUNTER SHOULD QUEST IN CLEAR SPIRES AND HIGH WOOD
XXXII. HOW A GOOD HUNTER SHALL GO IN

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