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of the stag were, It is said, placed in a large oak tree 

 in Whinfell Park, and in the course of time became 

 engrafted there. 



Thus spoke the king : " For equal praise 

 This hand this monument shall raise ! 

 These antlers from this oak shall spread ; 

 And evermore shall here be said 

 ' That Hercules killed Hart of Grease, 

 And Hart of Grease killed Hercules/ " 



Here they remained until 1648, when one of the 

 branches was broken off, it was said, by certain 

 soldiers in the Scottish Army, at that time on the 

 '' war path." Ten years later the remainder was 

 taken down by some mischievous persons at night 

 (Lady Ann Clifford's diary). The ancient trunk of 

 this tree was removed from where it stood, on the 

 high road between Penrith and Appleby, during the 

 present century. 



A pretty story is told in connection with Her 

 Majesty's buckhound Rummager. Some years ago, 

 Frank Goodall, the then huntsman, met with a severe 

 accident in the hunting field, and when assistance 

 was to be rendered as he lay insensible on the 

 ground, Rummager was by his master's side, and for 

 a long time would allow no one to approach him. 

 On the story being related to Her Majesty, it was 

 ordered that poor old Rummager should become a 



