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MR. LUTTRELL'S.* 



Rough and hilly as is the ground over which the 

 Dulverton and the Stars of the West pursue the fox, 

 Mr. Luttrell — whose foxhounds work the rest of the 

 territory whereon also the Devon and Somerset Stag- 

 hounds chase the wild red deer — has a country more 

 mountainous, unrideable, and precipitous than either. 

 The deep valley of the Exe and the rugged side of 

 Dunkery mark his western boundary; whence the 

 rough gorges of Cutcombe run at right angles, 

 breaking in among a succession of other lofty heather 

 clad eminences. The heights of Brendon cross the 

 southern portion of his country ; and the isolated 

 range of the Quantocks stand across the eastern edge, 

 where he joins the Taunton Vale. The beautiful 

 Castle of Dunster is the Master^s family seat; and 

 his little pack of five-and-twenty couple have their 

 kennel close by. The village of Dunster is two miles 

 from Minehead ; and is in itself a favourite quarter 

 for the visiting staghunter, who can thence reach any 

 part of Exmoor and take the field with foxhounds on 

 intervening days. Distance to covert is a point little 



* Vide Stauford's " Hunting Map," Sheets 19 and 20 and 

 Hobson's Hunting Atlas. 



