46 NATURAL HISTORY 



SO impossible is it to extinguish the 

 spirit of sporting, which seems to be in- 

 herent in human nature. 



General Howe turned out some German 

 wild boars and sows in his forests, to the 

 great terror of the neighbourhood ; and, 

 at one time, a wild bull or buffalo : but 

 the country rose upon them, and de- 

 stroyed them. 



A very large fall of timber, consisting 

 ^ of about one thousand oaks, has been cut 

 this Spring (viz. 1784) in The Holt forest ; 

 one fifth of which, it is said, belongs to the 

 grantee. Lord StaweL He lays claim also 

 to the lop and top : but the poor of the 

 parishes of Binsted and Frinsham., Bent let/ 

 and Kingsley, assert that it belongs to 

 them ; and, assembling in a riotous man- 

 ner, have actually taken it all away. One 

 man, who keeps a team, has carried home, 

 for his share, forty stacks of wood. Forty- 

 five of these people his lordship has 

 served with actions. These trees, which 

 were very sound, and in high perfection. 



