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
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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
| 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 |