PUGS AND DRUMMERS: FERRETS AND RABBITS IN BRITAIN. By John Marchington.

1978 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Pp223. B/w photographs. Foreword by Tony Jackson. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt.

"John Marchington, well known for his books on shooting and his regular contributions to The Field, has researched his subject extensively and produced in Pugs and Drummers a book that is consistently entertaining and informative." Chapters include; introduction - pugs and drummers at the Game Fair, humans, rabbits and ferrets, the search for accuracy, an assessment of relevant literature; enter the rabbit; the mystery and history of the ferret; the natural history of the rabbit; the natural history of the rabbit - social structure; myxomatosis - the dreadful plague; ferret management; downfalls of the rabbit; ferreting; lay-ups and their solutions; on a shining night; rabbit-stew. This book has to be at the top of anyone's list for this subject area.