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continuation of the use of the more primitive 

 weapons of the chase. In no other district of 

 England save the New Forest could it have sur- 

 vived and been successfully practised to the pre- 

 sent day. 



But I think the New Forest management 

 has always been lenient in its control and friendly 

 to sports that did no real harm, and sportsmen 

 of all classes, from the highest to the lowest, have 

 ever found it to be a happy hunting ground. 



