20 RED DEER. 



gate of Exeter city, and recently Tiverton 

 has become a pivot of the hunt. This 

 country contains a large part of Somerset 

 and Devon, Exmoor, and part of Dart- 

 moor, 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, 

 innumerable meadows, each with its thick 

 hedges and trees, so that with the copses 

 and covers they resemble woodlands. The 

 triangle 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 





