io8 THE RED DEER OE EXMOOR. 



just saved from a watery death, and one which had 

 been ahve when rescued but was dead when landed, 

 two hours and twenty minutes after they had taken 

 to the water. Men were on the look-out for hounds 

 for miles up the coast, and several were rescued, 

 cared for, and sent on their way ; but it was a very 

 stiff and woebegone-looking pack which followed 

 Anthony back to Bagborough that evening. 



There have always been traditions that deer have 

 swum across to the Welsh coast, a distance of about 

 fifteen miles, and there is no reason to believe that a 

 tolerably fresh stag might not do so. In fact, there 

 can be no doubt that one stag actually did accomplish 

 this feat, for they had a red deer among the fallow 

 deer many years ago in the park at Dunraven Castle, 

 which is straight opposite Porlock Weir. They never 

 knew where he came from, and he remained some 

 years, being eventually destroyed because he bullied 

 the fallow deer. As there are no parks with red deer 

 anywhere within a very great distance of Dunraven, 

 it is hard to see where else the stag can have come 

 from if not from Exmoor. 



