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estate of about 8800 acres, belonging to Lord Henry 

 Scott (who afterwards was created Lord Montagu); 

 there was also Cadland, with a large extent of 

 woods, then belonging to Mr. Edgar Drummond ; 

 farther on there was the Exbury estate, where at 

 that time resided Sir George Stucley, who hunted 

 regularly with me ; also Hinton Admiral, a con- 

 siderable property belonging to Sir George 

 Meyrick (whose eldest son eventually succeeded 

 me as the Master). On the west was Bistern 

 and its big woodlands, belonging to Mr. John 

 Mills, who started a pack of harriers while I was 

 there. On the north side was Hale Park, be- 

 longing to Mr. Goff ; and on the east there was 

 Paultons, belonging to old Mr. Sloane Stanley ; 

 then Embley Park ; and farther away still came 

 Broadlands, at that time owned by Mr. Cowper 

 Temple, whom I have seen out with the hounds, 

 but he was generally engaged in rather more serious 

 matters of Church and State. There was also a 

 large woodland tract on the outskirts of the Forest 

 in the Salisbury direction, called the Earldoms, 

 which in those days was jointly hunted by Lord 

 Radnor and myself ; but foxes were by no means 

 plentiful in those parts, and I did not meet there 

 more frequently than I could help. In the 

 centre of the Forest was the well-known Minstead 

 Manor, where lived that model country gentleman 



