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east to west ; and contains within it 

 many woodlands and lawns, and the 

 great lodge where the grantees reside ; 

 and a smaller lodge called Goose Green ; 

 and is abutted on by the parishes of 

 Kingsley, Frinsham, Farnham, and Bent- 

 ley ; all of which have right of common. 



One thing is remarkable ; that, though 

 The Holt has been of old well-stocked 

 with fallow-deer, unrestrained by an^^ 

 pales or fences more than a common 

 hedge, yet they were never seen within 

 the limits of Wolmer ; nor were the red 

 deer of Wolmer ever known to haunt the 

 thickets or glades of Tlie Holt. 



At present the deer of The Holt are 

 much thinned and reduced by the night- 

 hunters, Avho perpetually harass them in 

 spite of the efforts of numerous keepers, 

 and the severe penalties that have been 

 put in force against them as often as 

 they have been detected, and rendered 

 liable to the lash of the law. Neither 

 fines nor imprisonments can deter them : 



