CHAPTER XI. 



On the Moor — Unkennelling — Kickers — Off at Last — 

 The Sounds of the Chase — The Deerpark — The 

 Water Slide — Awkward Paths — Pointto Point Races. 



I\ the balmy 

 d a V s of a u - 

 t u in n w hen 

 the breezy 

 hilltops afford 

 a delightful 

 change from 

 the dust and 

 heated stones 

 of any town 

 however small 

 and rural, the 

 s t a g h u n t i ng 

 world is ever eager to he on the moor, and 

 not to be amongst the woods, and the further 

 afield that they can hnd themselves upon the 

 great wilderness of grass that lies between 

 Alderman's Barrow and Tinerlev the better 

 they are pleased, until at least the hounds begin 

 to run, and then there are wont to be frequent 

 enquiries in varying tones of increasing anxiety 

 for the nearest road to Minehead. Now the 

 moor proper is a countrv without roads, except 



