90 STAG-HUNTING ON EXMOOR. 



long as the hunting were continued in the same 

 manner as it had been during his mastership, and 

 during the time wherein Lord Ebrington had held 

 command since his retirement. The rent required was 

 but ^70 per annum, practically covered by the seven- 

 teen acres of grass land belonging to the Exford 

 property. 



The existence of the hunt, nay the very existence 

 of the wild deer in England, is his monument ; but he 

 left one more imperishable in the country of his 

 adoption. Mention his name to any of the yeomen 

 or farmers who knew him in the stag-hunting district, 

 and they will say, " Mr. Bisset. Ah ! he was a good 

 gentleman." A good gentltman. Take the words, as 

 they are spoken, in their fullest sense, and you can add 

 nothing to give higher praise. Such Mr. Bisset was, 

 and as such he is and will be remembered by high and 

 low in North Devon and West Somerset. 



