F^RT III 



THE DULVERTON.* 



The foxhunting countries round and about Exmoor 

 may best be dealt witli as in connection witb the 

 more notable sister sport of Stagbunting, which is 

 prima facie the great feature and attraction of the 

 West. The present articles are intended as a guide 

 for the stranger^ not as a critique for the native : and 

 the stranger's immediate object in travelling down to 

 Devon or Somerset is more likely to be that he may 

 join in the chase of the wild red deer — much as he 

 will enjoy varying his programme with foxhunting 

 of as crude but genuine a sort as ever fell to his lot. 

 The Dulverton^ the Stars of the West, and Mr. 

 LuttrelPs are the packs of foxhounds sharing Exmoor 

 and its neighbourhood, and which are most easily 

 available from the quarters a visitor would naturally 

 take up with a view to staghunting. Lord Ports- 

 mouth's also, the pride of the west, will scarcely be 

 left unseen by any sportsman who has fixed himself 

 on the Dulverton side of Exmoor. As the staghounds 



* Vide Stanford's " Hunting Map," sheet 19 ; also Hobson's 

 Foxhimting Atlas. 



