ILLUSTRATIONS

Huntsman and Hounds. By J. A. Wheeler[Frontispiece]
Wily Penning his Story. By T. Smith[Facing page 1]
Wily Addressing his Friends. By T. Smith[Facing page 2]
Breaking Cover. By S. Howitt[Facing page 18]
Stopping Hounds. By S. Howitt[Facing page 22]
Full Cry. By S. Alken[Facing page 42]
The Craven Hounds in Savernake Forest. By T. Smith[Facing page 58]
Gone Away. By Henry Alken[Facing page 70]
Bagging the Fox. By C. Loraine Smith[Facing page 76]
Hunting in Cover. By Henry Alken[Facing page 82]
The Death of the Fox. By R. B. Davis[Facing page 108]
Every Hound has Got a Fox. By T. Smith[Facing page 113]

Note.—The Coloured Illustrations are from contemporary prints and paintings by Henry Alken, S. Howitt, and other well-known sporting artists, kindly lent by Mr. Basil Dighton. The Black and White Illustrations are facsimile reproductions from the originals by Tom Smith in the old Edition.

Wily’s Story.

THE LIFE OF A FOX

A faithful history of the life even of a Fox may be not without its interest, for, to the wise, nothing in nature is mean, and truth is never insignificant. I was prompted to write this account of myself by overhearing one day, as I lay in a covert by the roadside, the following remarks by one of a party who were passing by on their return home from hunting a fox, which, as it appeared, the hounds had failed to kill.