XXX. HOW AN HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST IN GREAT COVERTS AND STRENGTHS 156 XXXI. HOW A HUNTER SHOULD QUEST IN CLEAR SPIRES AND HIGH WOOD 157 XXXII. HOW A GOOD HUNTER SHALL GO IN QUEST TO HEAR THE HARTS BELLOW 161 XXXIII. HOW THE ASSEMBLY THAT MEN CALL GATHERING SHOULD BE MADE BOTH WINTER AND SUMMER AFTER THE GUISE OF BEYOND THE SEA 163 XXXIV. HOW THE HART SHOULD BE MOVED WITH THE LYMER AND RUN TO AND SLAIN WITH STRENGTH 165 XXXV. HOW AN HUNTER SHOULD SEEK AND FIND THE HARE WITH RUNNING HOUNDS AND SLAY HER WITH STRENGTH 181 XXXVI. OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE MANNER OF HUNTING WHEN THE KING WILL HUNT IN FORESTS OR IN PARKS FOR THE HART WITH BOWS AND GREYHOUNDS AND STABLE 188 APPENDIX 201 LIST OF SOME BOOKS CONSULTED AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TEXT 268 GLOSSARY 282 INDEX 299 ILLUSTRATIONS FOX HUNTING "ABOVE GROUND" _Frontispiece_ GASTON PH[OE]BUS SURROUNDED BY HUNTSMEN AND HOUNDS _To face page_ 1 THE HARE AND HER LEVERETS " 14 HOW TO QUEST FOR THE HART IN WOODS " 22 BUCK-HUNTING WITH RUNNING HOUNDS " 38 ROEBUCK-HUNTING WITH GREYHOUNDS AND RUNNING HOUNDS " 44 BADGER-DRAWING " 68 OTTER-HUNTING " 72 HOW THE HOUNDS WERE LED OUT " 86 RACHES OR RUNNING HOUNDS IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY " 106 THE SMOOTH AND THE ROUGH-COATED GREYHOUNDS " 114 THE FIVE BREEDS OF HOUNDS DESCRIBED IN THE TEXT " 122 THE KENNEL AND KENNELMEN " 126 THE MASTER TEACHING HIS HUNTSMAN HOW TO QUEST FOR THE HART WITH THE LIMER OR TRACKHOUND _To face page_ 130 HOW A GREAT HART IS TO BE KNOWN BY HIS "FUMES" (EXCREMENTS) " 134 HOW THE HUNTER SHOULD VIEW THE HART " 152 HOW TO QUEST FOR THE HART IN COVERTS " 164 HARE-HUNTING WITH GREYHOUNDS AND RUNNING HOUNDS " 182 HARE-DRIVING WITH LOW BELLS " 184 NETTING HARES IN THEIR "MUSES" " 186 THE "UNDOING" OR GRALLOCHING OF THE HART: THE MASTER INSTRUCTING HIS HUNTERS HOW IT IS DONE " 192 HART-HUNTING WITH GREYHOUNDS AND RACHES " 196 THE "CURÉE" OR REWARDING OF THE HOUNDS" " 198 SHOOTING HARES WITH BLUNT BOLTS " 220 INTRODUCTION The "Master of Game" is the oldest as well as the most important work on the chase in the English language that has come down to us from the Middle Ages.