248 THE NEW FOREST 



The total of the game sent weekly in the 

 season 1845-46 amounts to 



Snipe . 300 



Blackgame 41 



Pheasants 68 



409 



In 1848, there is a remarkable series of 

 weeks between December 31, 1848, to January 

 30, 1849, in which 284 head of game, mainly snipe 

 and woodcock, were sent to His Royal Highness' 

 larder. It must be remembered that these figures 

 represent only a small portion of the game killed 

 in New Forest. It was only that which was 

 killed by two keepers in a restricted area shooting 

 solely "for the pot." A much larger amount 

 must have been killed by the body of licencees 

 who had the privilege, as it then was, of shooting 

 in the Forest. 



Doubtless these keepers were good shots, from 

 the practice they got; and they were quite 

 certain to provide themselves with good dogs, 

 which in the Forest is more than half the 

 battle. 



Readers of Daniell's Rural Sports will doubt- 

 less be familiar with the account of the pig which 

 was trained to point game by Toomer, one of 

 the New Forest keepers, who lived at Wilverley 



