16 THE SOUTH DEVON HUNT 



the chapters devoted to the master in whose time 

 such loans were made or renewed. The country 

 now hunted by the Mid-Devon has also, for reasons 

 which appear in Chapter XVIII, been treated on a 

 distinct footing. 



These very complexities constitute in a great 

 measure the raison d'etre of the history, the object 

 of which has been to present to the reader, even at 

 some sacrifice of symmetry and sequence, an accurate 

 and clear statement of varying changes of name and 

 scene. In this, the Chronological Table should be 

 of material help. 



