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CHAPTER I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX., X., XI., XII. (In certain versions of this etext [in certain browsers]clicking on the image will bring up a larger version.) (etext transcriber's note)

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IN THE VINE COUNTRY

IN THE
VINE COUNTRY

BY

E. Œ. SOMERVILLE AND MARTIN ROSS

AUTHORS OF
‘THROUGH CONNEMARA IN A GOVERNESS CART, ETC.



ILLUSTRATIONS BY F. H. TOWNSEND

FROM SKETCHES BY E. Œ. SOMERVILLE

LONDON
W. H. ALLEN & CO. LIMITED
13 Waterloo Place S.W.
1893

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The following pages, with their accompanying Illustrations, originallyappeared in the columns of ‘The Lady’s Pictorial,’ and are herereprinted by permission of the Proprietors.

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IN THE VINE COUNTRY

CHAPTER I.

T was our first day’s cub-hunting, and things had been going against usfrom the outset.

To begin with, we had started rather late,—it is noticeable that theminutes between five and six A.M. are fewer and closer together thanthey are at any other period of the day,—and, when half way to the meetwe found that Betty had given way to her sporting proclivities, and hadsurreptitiously followed us. When it is explained that Betty is a St.Bernard puppy of cart-horse dimensions, whose expression of smilingimbecility only cloaks a will of iron, it will be understood that therewas trouble before us. The{8} trouble began at once. Directly she saw shewas discovered she ran away, and the next time we saw her she was threefields ahead of us, lumbering cheerfully into covert at the heels of thehounds, pursued by several cows and the curses of the master.

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