CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. INTRODUCTION 1 



II. THE GROWN AND THB COMMONERS ... 7 



III. THE FOREST IN DANGER 14 



IV. THE COURT OP VERDERERS . .21 

 V. MAKING A START 25 



VI. SOME VERDERERS, OLD AND NEW . 33 



VII. MY WORK, MY STAFF, AND MY CHIEFS . 44 



VIII. THE NEW FOREST DEER 64 



IX. THE KING'S HOUSE 95 



X. ROYAL VISITS .127 



XI. FORESTRY .138 



XII. HUNTING 177 



XIII. SHOOTING IN THE NEW FOREST . . 246 



XIV. FALCONRY .276 



INDEX 298 



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