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Nor must I forget the sporting snapshots taken, in 

 Mr. Brunskill's time, by Miss Ainger, from which I 

 was allowed to make my own selection. 



The question of the map was a difficult one. Here, 

 again, I had to rely upon the kind help of others. 

 Mr. Hayter-Hames and Mr. Gilbert Spiller, former 

 masters of the Mid-Devon, who can speak with 

 exceptional knowledge and authority ; Mr. A. W. 

 Luxton, master of the Eggesford, and Mr. J. A. 

 Tattershall, hon. sec. of that pack ; Sir Ian Heath- 

 cote-Amory and Mr. Lewis Mackenzie of the 

 Tiverton ; Mr. W. Coryton and Mrs. Brunskill 

 have all taken particular pains to supply the most 

 accurate information at their disposal. 



To all the above I tender my grateful thanks. 

 Without their ready co-operation and help, freely 

 given according to the material at their command, 

 my undertaking would have been impossible. 



I have also to make my acknowledgments to 

 the proprietors of the Field, Baily's Magazine and 

 Baihfs Hunting Directory, besides the authors of the 

 various works mentioned in the list of works con- 

 sulted, all of which have been drawn upon somewhat 

 freely. 



I am aware that I am not entitled to claim for this 

 book any literary merit, but its object will have been 

 quite attained if it should succeed in fostering a 

 spirit of loyalty and gratitude to the South Devon 

 Hunt, to whicli many of us are indebted for some of 

 the liappiest moments in our lives. 



The Old Cottage, Teignmoutu, 

 1916. 



