WOODLANDS, GAME, AND SPORT 301 
of woodland sport. To have first-class sport of 
this latter kind it is, of course, necessary that 
the wooded areas be large and compact, so as 
to provide rest and quietness for the different 
sorts of big game, and to prevent them from 
doing much damage to the agricultural crops 
surrounding the woods. It is only under such 
circumstances that a stock of wild boar and 
red deer can be properly maintained in wood- 
lands. After the former had practically been 
exterminated in all parts of southern England 
except some of the royal forests, General Howe, 
early in last century, endeavoured to raise a 
fresh stock in Wolmer Forest from wild boars 
and sows obtained in Germany; but the agri- 
cultural population rose and destroyed them 
on account of their depredations. Wild boars, 
red deer, and roe certainly all do more or less 
damage in woodlands, and particularly the last 
two; but the damage is much easier to keep 
within due bounds, while still retaining a fair 
head of game for true sport, than is the case 
with ground game. In some parts of the 
country, however, as in the Scone woods in 
Perthshire, roe-deer often prove exceedingly de- 
