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the habits of the deer ; for a stag is seldom, 

 I might ahiiost say never, roused without 

 ' taking soil ' in the course of the run ; and he 

 rarely neglects the opportunity of seeking for 

 safety by joining the herd, if he has the good 

 fortune to be able to do so." 



After two years of mourning, the spirit of the 

 country again revived, when, in 1827, the late 

 Sir Arthur Chichester, of Youlston, brought a 

 pack of hounds into the field, and once more 

 restored the " antient sport," no less to Russell's 

 delight than to that of the whole country. 



On Sir Arthur's resignation in 1833, the 

 " sport of kings " again fell into abeyance, and 

 but for the exertion of Mr. Collyns would pro- 

 bably then have disappeared for ever. He, 

 however, established a committee, of which 

 Russell, who lived fifty miles from Dulverton, 

 was not a member, although doing all in his 

 power to promote the object it had in view ; 

 and under its management the country was 

 hunted from 1837 to 1842. 



The Hon. Newton Fellowes then came 

 forward and gave most efficient aid '' in the 

 hour of need;" the hounds being under his 

 able management till 1847, when the present 

 Sir Arthur Chichester became the master for 

 one season only. 



In 1849 Mr. Theobald, and after him Mr. 

 George Luxton, of Winkleigh, took the helm 



