CHAPTER XII. 



CuLBONE Plain — The Deer Fence — Devices for Pro- 

 tecting Crops and Deer — Night Watching — The 

 Tiverton Staghounds — The Quantock Staghounds — 

 The Barnstaple Country — The Stowev Road — The 

 Chase on the Quantocks — Over the Cliffs — "Trugg" 

 Rich — The Watchet Hind. 



comforts. 



Of all the 

 w i n d swept 

 weather beaten 

 heights, where 

 s t aghun ter s 

 from time to 

 lime shiver and 

 wait while the 

 tufters wrestle 

 with unwilling 

 stags, the post- 

 ing stables at 

 Yarnor Moor 

 Lodge remain 

 the most clearly 

 iixed in the 

 m e n t a 1 eve 

 amongst many 

 memories of 

 physical dis- 

 Crushed and chilled ont of existence 



