262 THE RED DEER OF EXMOOR. 



Foxhanger and through Pickets Hill for Stoverd 

 Hill" — this would be mostly open but rather rough 

 going in places — " and then through the enclosure 

 to Stone in Exton, and then over Witheridge Farm 

 to the Quarme water under Upcott, and broke over 

 the Poorsland for the Exe, which he took just above 

 the Vicarage house " — Winsford Vicarage — " and 

 went up the river to Larcombe Foot ; now broke to 

 the right as if making for the Horner coverts " — a 

 good many miles off — " but before reaching Staddon 

 Hill turned to the left and again crossed the Exe 

 above Nethercott for Kirkcleeve, and then beat up 

 to Exford and lay fast in a small covert above the 

 village. He was here fresh found, and hounds ran 

 him in view to Cloven Rocks on Exmoor. He now 

 backed it to the left for Cow Castle, and beat down 

 the Bade to Landacre Bridge, and then to Withypool; 

 broke from the river at Bradlev Ham, and crossed it 

 for Winsford Hill. The hounds viewed him at least 

 three miles over the hill to Redcleeve, and at this 

 late part of the run many a horse was pulled up. 

 He now descended to the Exe once more, never again 

 to leave it ; beat down to Chilly Bridge, at which 

 place he was killed after a chase of over four hours." 

 Now every twist and turn in this run can be worked 

 out, because nearly the whole way the deer followed 

 the line of a water-course, little or big, until he made 

 his last desperate dash from Bade to Exe. The 

 distance, as nearly as the writer can measure it up, 

 must have been about thirty miles — perhaps thirty-two. 



