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top of the rough beach, and there, a few yards below 

 by the Incoming tide, stood the stalwart form of Mr. 

 Bisset surrounded by his hounds, and watching through 

 his glasses the deer swimming safely away in the far 

 distance." 



Another Instance equally remarkable occurred on 

 the 7th of September, 1875. A stag was found In 

 East Down Wood (Bray) and killed in two hours and 

 five minutes at Poole Bridge, after a run of about 

 twenty miles from end to end of the moor. Only 

 seven were at the end, but among them was Mr. 

 Bisset, who, being unable to ride much, had driven by 

 Simonsbath and the Warren, and ridden the last two 

 miles over Lucott Moor. Instinctively he took the 

 chord of the arc, and was In at the end, though with- 

 out seeing a hound for twelve miles. 



Towards the end of his mastership Mr. Bisset could 

 no longer ride as at the beginning, but his keen eye 

 saw much more than did many of the thrusters. 

 While the tufters were drawing, he was always to be 

 seen In some commanding position, standing bolt 

 upright as when he was a subaltern in the King's 

 Dragoon Guards, and watching the proceedings 

 through an opera-glass. This and his brief terse way 

 of giving orders earned for him the name of the 



