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and not affected by jolting, and if one would 

 see a run without riding on horseback, there is 

 no better plan on the Quantocks than to entrust 

 oneself to William Rich's care ; for whatever 

 else may happen, he and his much enduring 

 pony and his very useful cart will bring the 

 deer home, no matter which way he or she will 

 run, or how long or crooked the chase may be. 

 " Trugg's " vehicle has been often copied, and 

 Stowey carts may be seen on other hills besides 

 the Quantocks, and they will get over sur- 

 prisingly rough ground without coming to grief. 

 When they do turn over amongst the deep ruts 

 or weather worn hill tracks, they are easily 

 righted again, but a quiet pony, staunch in 

 collar and decidedly sure-footed, is necessary to 

 enable the charioteer to wrestle successfully 

 with the by-ways of such rough country as the 

 Quantock Hills. The story goes that " Trugg " 

 was much agitated when he hrst heard that a 

 facsimile of his vehicle was to be made for, 

 and driven by, a lady of title living in the 

 neighbourhood of the Quantocks, and that he 

 at once made an expedition to ascertain at first 

 hand whether there was to be competition for 

 his hitherto uncontested office of venison carrier, 

 feeling greatly relieved when told that his 

 monopoly was not to be invaded. 



Deer from the Quantocks sometimes run as far 

 as the estuary of the river Parret, where by reason 



