CONTENTS 



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Editor's Preface, ..... vii-xvii 

 Author'.s Preface, ..... xix-xxiii 



CHAPTER 



I. Hunting in the olden time — The Antiquity of 

 Wild Deer Hunting in Devon and Somerset — 

 Hounds kept at Simonsbath, in the forest of 

 Exmoor, in the time of Queen Elizabeth — An 

 Account and Notices of the Packs down to the 

 Year 1825 — Description of the Old Staghounds 

 — Sale of the Hounds, and discontinuance of 

 the Hunting, ..... [-20 



II. Of the Red Deer— The Stag— Hind and Calf— 

 The Stag, the noblest of the Beasts of the Forest 

 — Distinguishing Names of Deer— Shedding 

 Horns — Growth of Horns — Irregular Heads, 

 and Causes thereof — Instances — Cunning of 

 the Stag, ..... 21-56 



III. Of the Red Deer continued, and herein of the 



Hind and Calf — Periods of Gestation — Anec- 

 dotes — Habits of Deer — Fondness for ^^'ater 

 — Their Sagacity and Fierceness when pursued 

 — Woman killed by a Stag, . . . 57-81 



IV. The Seasons for Hunting the Stag — Those for 



Hunting the Hind — Exercise and Discipline to 

 prevent Riot — The Harbourer : his Qualifica- 

 tions and Duties — 'Tufting' described; the 

 object of it — Notice of several of the Huntsmen 

 and Whippers-in of the Staghounds up to the 

 time of the Sale of the Pack in 1825, . . 82-110 



