Covert Side Sketches hunting fox deer hare 1879 FA

Covert Side Sketches or, Thoughts Suggested by Many Days In Many
Countries with Fox,Deer & Hare by J Nevill Fitt (H.H.of the Sporting
Gazette) 1879 Cover a bit discoloured,some staining to title
page,otherwise good condition.346 pages.
Really scarce old hunting book , very early and packed with period
reminiscences and advice.Also a chapter each dedicated to a potted
history of each of the major hunts .

Some headings:- The popularity of the chase in modern times/ The
antiquity of hunting /The fox hound /Fox hunting /The Brocklesby /The
York & Ainsty /The Pytchley /The Burton /The Sinnington /Wild stag
hunting /The Old stag hound /Blood hound /Buck hunting /Chase of the
carted deer /Hare hunting /Her Majesty's Stag Hounds /The Harrier /The
Otter hound /The Brookside Harriers etc.

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