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interfered with the putting of hay into the 

 racks. 



Sir Thomas hunted the country till 1794, and 

 during that time killed seventy-three stags and 

 seventy-seven hinds. 



Colonel Basset succeeded and hunted the hounds 

 till within a few months of his death in 1801, when 

 the pack was dispersed, six and a half couple going 

 to Lord Fortescue to found a new pack. 



Lord Fortescue hunted the country in 1802, and 

 then they passed to Mr. Worth, of Worth House, 

 Tiverton, and were maintained by subscription till 

 1810. Mr. Worth killed forty-two stags and fifty- 

 nine hinds, and showed good sport, many excellent 

 runs being recorded. 



In 181 1 Lord Graves, of Bishop's Court, near 

 Exeter, assumed command, and killed in that year 

 ten stags and thirty hinds, but in the following year 

 the pack came once more to Castle Hill, where for 

 six years Lord Fortescue hunted them, showing 

 wonderful sport, including the great Satterleigh 

 Marsh run, the greatest on record, and killing 108 

 deer. 



In 1814, during the Mastership of Lord Fortescue, 

 the lease of the Forest of Exmoor to Sir Thomas 

 Dyke Acland expired and was not renewed. Parliament 

 on July 4th of that year having passed an Act 

 authorising the disafforestation and sale of this 

 ancient Royal possession. 



There was a perambulation in 181 5 by two 



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