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the differences that have unhappily prevailed among 

 the sportsmen of Devonshire, and of proving that 

 some feeling still exists in behalf of this long- 

 descended sport of our fathers. I rejoice to learn 

 that a spirit has manifested itself among the farmers 

 and middle classes in support of the establishment, 

 as the future protection of the deer must in a great 

 measure depend on their dispositions, and on the 

 zeal and effective co-operation of the landed pro- 

 prietors. Let me request you to write me down as 

 an annual subscriber of thirty pounds. 



' I have the honour to be, 



' Your very obedient Servant, 



' PORCHESTER.' 

 'C. p. CoLLYNS, Esq., 

 ' Dulverton.' 



Equally kind and feeling were the sentiments of 

 Sir Peregrine Acland, of Fairfield, near Bridgewater, 

 who, in a conversation which I had with him relative 

 to the establishment of a pack, expressed himself 

 thus : — ' I beg that you will put me down as sub- 

 scriber for £^o ; although no stag-hunter, I cannot 

 refrain from contributing my mite towards a sport 

 which appears to be fully enjoyed by the lower 



