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had hunted in the summer ! This appears 

 marvellous and impossible, and the only ex- 

 planation I can offer is that given by Mr. 

 Thomas Smith, that he never hunted the deer 

 with his young hounds. 



Will James was Mr. Land's huntsman; he 

 once ran a fox from Highden Wood to Pet- 

 worth. The old Lord Egremont sent out a 

 servant to tell him to whip his hounds off 

 immediately. James sent back an answer, 

 saying, " He had brought his fox out of 

 Hampshire, and should do nothing of the 

 sort;" and added, "Tell your master I hunted 

 before he was born, and hope to do so after he 

 is dead and buried." Mr. Geary of Fareham, 

 the son of the king's head-keeper, who lived 

 at Critch Lodge (the keeper's residence in the 

 Forest of Bere), constantly hunted with Mr. 

 Land. He says that his father frequently had 

 great rows with Mr. Land about hunting the 

 deer, which he had no right or permission to 

 do, as Mr. Geary's father kept hounds on pur- 

 pose to take them, and they were attended by 

 the resident gentry. Lord Scarborough, who 

 was a keen sportsman, and colonel of the 

 York Militia then stationed at Portsmouth, 

 frequently hunted with him. Mr. Land died, 

 and was buried at Hambledon, in 1791. 



