6S Hark Away, 



sportsman, the Rev. J. Russel, now past eighty years 

 of age, mounted upon a compact and clever ^x^j 

 horse, vrhich he still can steer across the difficult 

 country in a way that would astonish many younger 

 performers. Of this rare specimen of the hunting 

 parson, Bishop Temple is said to have observed, 

 " There was not a parish in his diocese where the 

 sick and the poor were better looked after, or the 

 young people better prepared for confirmation," and 

 certainly there is no straight-laced incumbent of any 

 parish in the country that is more popular, or, in fact, 

 half as much esteemed as is this worthy specimen of 

 old times, who yet, at such an advanced age, is able 

 to indulge in an amusement which many, if not all 

 of the clergy of the period, would consider sacrilegi- 

 ous, but which was a custom followed generally by 

 the clergy in rural districts in days gone by. 



Then there is Mr. Collyns of Dulverton, accom- 

 panied by Mr. and Mrs. Collyns, and two fair young 

 ladies, and his nephew, who, following the traditions 

 of his family, has ridden from London to be present 

 on the occasion of the opening day, for the name of 

 Collyns is well-known throughout the counties of 

 Devon and Somerset, the head of the house, " Charles 

 Palk Collyns " having published in his time Notes on 

 the Chase of the Wild Red Deer, being the result of 

 the experience of forty-six years gained when in 

 pursuit of the stag ; and I would call the attention 

 of anyone desirous of studying the habits and customs 

 of the red deer, and learning how to pursue them 

 with skill, to the pages of this clever but now rather 

 rare work. 



Then, well mounted, and looking all over the 



