HUNTING IN THE LAKE DISTRICT. By Sean Frain.

2010 1st edition. 8vo. Pp221. B/w photographs and illustrations. Black boards.

"The Lake District is the home of John Peel, and of such famous hunts as the Blencathra, the Melbreak, the Lunesdale, the Cumberland and the Eskdale and Ennerdale. The people of Cumbria have hunted the fox, the hare, the otter, the polecat and the pine marten ...out of necessity, to protect their livestock, and they have also done so for the sheer exhilaration of the hunt in such dramatic surroundings. Sean Frain tells of the footpacks, the mounted packs, the famous foxhounds, beagles and terriers. The fells, the lakes, the woods and the village inns have all played their part in some of the most memorable hunting days which are recorded here, along with accounts of the traditional shepherds; meets and some of the best Lake District hunting songs."