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it seems pretty clear, from the railways and hunts 

 that it gives, that it was published between 1845 and 

 1849. This was Tom Lane's period, and we have 

 his own statement in a letter, dated in 1878, that he 

 had more country than he could manage to hunt. 



Even so, the London and South- Western Railway, 

 as boundary, gives a more ample margin in the north- 

 east than the South Devon is ever likely to want to 

 avail itself of. The point is one of academic interest 

 rather than of practical importance, but, all things 

 considered, Stanford's map seems to be the one on 

 which most reliance can be placed.^ 



A considerable part of the country on the South 

 Devon side of the present Tiverton boundary was for 

 many years hunted by an old-established pack called 

 the Tremlett. Like many others in Devon, this pack 

 was originally a harrier pack ; it then took to hunting 

 foxes as well as hares, and, in course of time, developed 

 into a foxhound pack. It first figures as such in the 

 Field annual table of hunts for the year 1893. 



Sir John Shelley was a staunch supporter of the 

 Tremlett and for some years its master, at first 

 jointly with Mr. John Tremlett, and afterwards alone. 

 In the year 1893, in answer to an enquiry which, as 

 honorary secretary for the Haldon side, I made 

 respecting an announcement that the Tremlett were 

 to meet at Dunsford (w^hich should have been Duns- 

 ford Wood), Sir John Shelley wrote as follows : — 



" We have, by permission of the authorities of the 

 South Devon, Lord Haldon and Mr. Studd, and at the 



^ The reputation of Messrs. Stanford is a guarantee that every care would 

 have been taken to ensure the accuracy of this map. In corroboration, I may 

 mention that the late Mr. Alec Munro, who was master of the Dartmoor at 

 the time it was in course of preparation, since told me that he was consulted 

 about that hvmt and that great pains were taken. It is fair to assume that 

 similar care was exercised with regard to other hunts. 



