X PREFACE. 



few who were prepared for the news that came at 

 Christmas of his end. 



Like many another whose name does not appear 

 in the casualty lists, he had died of the campaign to 

 which he went in his country's service. He will be 

 remembered for many a day in the stag-hunting 

 country as a good sportsman and a good friend, and 

 not least kindly by his Withypool neighbours, the 

 descendants of the old Free Suitors whose traditions 

 he has preserved. 



FORTESCUE. 



Exmoor, 

 Jtdy, 1907. 



