CHAPTER IV. 



THE NEW TIMES, 1825 1861. 



After the sale of the old pack It seemed as though 

 stag-hunting- had perished for ever. Poachers and 

 deerstealers at once set to work to improve the occa- 

 sion, and the deer were harried in every quarter and 

 driven from their favourite haunts. Further, fences 

 began to spring up in every direction, land was 

 reclaimed, enclosed, or planted, and all appeared to 

 point to the extermination of the sport. In 1827, 

 however, another old Devon house came to the front ; 

 Aclands, Bassets, and Fortescues had all taken their 

 turn, and now the Chichesters took theirs. Sir Arthur 

 Chichester got together a pack of foxhounds and 

 hunted the country from 1827 to 1833. He then 

 resigned, and thereupon ensued another relapse until 

 1837, when Mr. Palk Collyns organised a pack. This 

 in its turn failed from want of funds in 1841, but the 

 gap was stopped by the Hon. Newton Fellowes, who, 



