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the misfortunes which befel various princes in that forest : 

 Robert, the eldest son of William the Conqueror, was hung 

 on a bough in the forest ; William Eufus was shot by Tyrrel; 

 and Prince Richard, the brother of Henry L, was killed by a 

 soldier. 



Although the laws have not been annulled, yet they are 

 to a great extent mitigated, and by degrees become entirely 

 obsolete, but from their root has sprung the present game- 

 laws. The government of the New Forest, however, differs 

 but little at present from what it was originally, except that 

 the abolition of Forest Law has limited the power of its 

 officers, the chief of whom is called the Lord Warden. 



The following are properly the beasts of the forest, viz., — 

 the hart, hind, hare, boar, wolf, and fox ; but legally all 

 animals are beasts of venery. 



The total number of forests in, England is sixty-nine. 

 Amongst the most noted are, New Forest, Windsor, Berkshire, 

 Pickering, Sherwood, Englewood, Cumberland, Lancaster, 

 Wolmere, Gillingham, Knaresborough, Wallham, Caral, Bre- 

 den, White Hart, Wiersdale, Lownfall, Dean, St. Leonard's, 

 Weybridge, Sapler, Whitney, Feckenham, Rockingham, Fo- 

 rest-de-la-Mer, Huckleflow, Ashdown, Sussex, Whittlewood, 

 Swacy, Frouselwood, Watterdown, Andleworth, and Dar- 

 lington. 



TERMS AND PHRASES USED IN HUNTING. 



1. For animals that are in company. — A head of harts, 

 a hey of roes ; a sounden of wild boars ; a rout of wolves ; 

 a richess of martins ; a brace, or leash of bucks, foxes, or 

 hares ; a couple of rabbits. 



mother-churches, and driving away the inhabitants of many towns, 

 measuring together fifty miles in compass." 



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