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Footsteps of St. Hubert in the West/^ wLicli we 

 obtained from the journal of the hunt : — 



"Oct. 3rd. 1781. — Found a stag in Milieu's 

 Wood, in the parish of Goodleigh. Stopped the 

 tufters, and laid on the pack, in the road above 

 Chilfum Bridge. From this point he made for 

 Birchwood, and thence on to Bratton Down ; then 

 over Exmoor by Wallaford, Castlehead, Battlewater, 

 Blackpits, to Lucat Moor ; thence by Pool Bridge, 

 for Homer, and down to Eastwater Pool, where 

 the hounds run into him, and he was killed after a 

 glorious chase of two hours and a half. 



''' A respectable farmer, named Ellis, informed the 

 field, previous to the stag being taken, that he had 

 been in his meadows the previous night, inasmuch 

 as he had driven him from a field with his sheep 

 dog, and that he knew him well, from a white spot 

 on his haunch, and therefore could not be mistaken. 

 This intelligence proved to be correct, as on the 

 death of the stag, true enough, the white spot on 

 the haunch was discovered. We have named this 

 fact to show the immense distance of ground these 

 animals will travel over when disturbed, as, from 

 the spot named by Mr. Ellis to that of Milieu's 

 Wood, where he was found, could not have been 

 less than thirty miles.'' 



To those who take an interest in the wild scenery 

 and wild sports of the West, we can recommend 

 this book of Major Hall's, published in 1840, as 

 likely to afford them both pleasure and entertain- 

 ment in the perusal of its pages. 



