442 The Natural History of Selborne 



Temple Hangers, and in their way back Hartley and Wardle- 

 ham Hangers, yet no stag could be found. 



The royal pack, accustomed to have the deer turned out 

 before them, never drew the coverts with any address and 

 spirit, as many people that were present observed ; and this 

 remark the event has proved to be a true one. For as a 

 person was lately pursuing a pheasant that was wing-broken 

 in Hartley Wood, he stumbled upon the stag by accident, and 

 ran in upon him as he lay concealed amidst a thick brake of 

 brambles and bushes. WHITE. 



