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as the fourth, the eleventh, the twelfth, the sixteenth, and the 

 seventeenth, are of a general character. The third deals with 

 the Forest of Dean, the fifth with the New Forest, the sixth with 

 forests of Alice Holt and Woolmer, the seventh with Salcey, the 

 eighth with Whittlewood, the ninth with Rockingham, the tenth 

 with Wichwood, the thirteenth with Bere, the fourteenth with 

 Sherwood, and the fifteenth with Waltham in Essex. 



A Descriptive List of the Deer Parks and Paddocks of 'England ', 

 by Mr. Joseph Whitaker, was published in 1892. The number 

 of red or fallow deer, or both, in each enclosure, with the 

 acreage, is set forth in each case, with other particulars of the 

 more interesting examples. They vary in size from 4,000 

 acres at Savernake to a single acre at Bagnall House. The 

 beautiful park of Savernake, with the open country adjoining, 

 presents the best picture of an old English forest. Bowood, 

 which used to be an important part of Clarendon forest, is 

 another good example of forest scenery. If the woods of fir 

 and pine were removed, a great part of the New Forest offers 

 much the same features that it did in days of old. For fine 

 oaks the parks of Windsor, Cornbury, and Kedleston are pre- 

 eminent, whilst Thoresby park, Notts, is not to be equalled 

 anywhere for the variety and beauty of its timber. Spetchley 

 park, Worcestershire, is fenced with old oak pales, fastened 

 with oaken pegs after the original fashion. An ancient stout 

 style of oak deer fence is also still maintained round Hardwick 

 park, Derbyshire. 



No'fewer than fifty parks mentioned in Mr. Evelyn Shirley's 

 delightful Account of English Deer Parks have ceased to con- 

 tain deer since 1867, when that work was issued. 



The red deer are still found in a wild state in Devon and 

 Somerset, on Exmoor forest and its confines. The growth of 

 popularity attached to the hunting during the last half-century 

 has materially added to their preservation and increase. There 

 re also a few red deer on Martendale Fell, Westmoreland. 



Fallow deer still run wild in the New Forest and Epping 

 forest, and a few stray deer are sometimes noticed in the 

 woodlands of old Rockingham forest. It is a disputed point 

 whether these last are a remnant of the old herds, or escapes 

 from neighbouring parks. 



The roe deer, though few in number and decreasing, may 



