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THE WHITE OAK. 



tened. The right of feeding hogs in the woods, called pannage, became a valuable 

 kind of property. With this right Monasteries were endowed, and it often formed 

 part of the dowry of the king's daughters. To regulate and secure these rights, rigid 

 laws were enacted and records kept. When William the Conqueror converted the 

 New Forest into a hunting-ground, the anger of the people was due to the loss of food 

 for their droves of swine. 



