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like that by Litton Water and below the Chains had 

 to be crossed, particularly as the day wore on, for 

 at the boundary of each manor the party was met 

 by the representative of the Lord of the Manor with 

 drinks, while the forester provided " meat" and 

 presumably drinks also at Sadler's Stone. Asked 

 if they got all round and back the same night, my 

 aged informant, the son of a free suitor, shook his 

 head and said, " Not all of 'em." 



In 1 818 the King's allotment of something over 

 twelve thousand acres was sold for ^^50,000 to Mr. 

 (ohn Knight, of Worcestershire. In this year Lord 

 Fortescue gave up the hounds, which passed, as 

 a subscription pack once more, to Mr. Stucley 

 Lucas, of Baronsdown. Bu^- evil days had fallen 

 upon staghunting, and in 1825 it was found necessary 

 to sell the pack at Tattersall's, when they found a 

 home in Germany. 



Mr. John Knight, after acquiring the portion of 

 Exmoor allotted to the King, bought Sir Thomas 

 Acland's allotment, and from Sir Arthur Chichester 

 the manor of Brendon, thus acquiring a very exten- 

 sive range of country. The sale of the forest was 

 quite unrestricted, and tied the purchaser to nothing 

 save the making of certain boundary enclosures, 

 some roads, and some public watering places for 

 cattle. Some of the roads were made, some were 

 not, but they none the less found their way into the 

 old ordnance map, while other roads that were made 

 were omitted therefrom, to the no small confusion of 



