i6o CHASE OF THE WILD RED DEER 



The run above described is a pretty faithful sketch 

 of one that actually occurred a few years ago, and 

 affords a fair example of a chase over Exmoor, 

 terminating, as such runs usually do, by a kill or 

 take in the water, either of a river or the sea. 

 That the fatigue of such a day's sport to horses 

 and hounds is great will be easily conceived, when 

 it is remembered that the stag-hunting season is 

 in August and September, with a bright sun over- 

 head, and the thermometer perhaps at 60° in the 

 shade. From the rouse to the finish the deer 

 frequently runs from twenty to thirty, and some- 

 times even forty, miles ; the country, though lovely, 

 is rugged, hilly, and in many parts deep and boggy. 

 Horse and man have had enough to do during 

 the day, and the reader will not grudge the one 

 his well-littered box, or the other his pillow. For 

 the present, I wish you all a fair good night. 



