RED DEER. 



contains a large part of Somerset and 

 Devon, Exmoor, and part of Dartmoor, the 

 Dunkery hills, and the steep Quantocks, 

 besides numerous minor ranges. The moors 

 of the Exe, the original home of the deer, 

 are but a corner. There are vast stretches 

 of fertile land in the valleys and plains, 

 cultivated to the highest degree, innumer- 

 able meadows, each with its thick hedges 

 and trees, so that with the copses and 

 covers they resemble woodlands. The tri- 

 angle has within it not only moors and 

 hills, but good farming land, a city, and 

 many large towns. The paths of the deer 

 wind round about the rich and enclosed 

 districts, but if chased they frequently go 

 straight across them. 



So wide a space may more aptly be 

 called a country than a district, and it is 

 strictly correct to say that the red deer are 

 not now local. They are the red deer of 



