292 Letters concerning the Boundaries of Cranborne Chace. 



have given you much intelligence respecting the matter. I shall at all times 

 be ready to give you all the satisfaction I can in any concerns of Lord Rivers 

 and I am your ob l hb le Servant 



"Wm. Chafin." 



Letter from Dr. Good to Mr. Salisbury : — 



(Dr. Good was born at Bowerchalk, where his father lived, and in 1739 

 removed to Broadchalk. Dr. Good lived there till 1756, and then lived 

 five years at Shaston.) 



" Wimborn June 21 1794. 



" Sir Your letter of the 17th found my Bight Hand wrapped in Flannell 

 quite unable to hold a Pen, this is the first attempt and tho' attended with 

 Pain and Difficulty, I am resolved to give you an Answer, fearing my Silence 

 might be imputed to a wrong cause. 



"My long acquaintance with Lord Eivers, my great regard for Him, and 

 the singular obligations I stand indebted to Him have caused uneasy feelings 

 in my Mind on Account of the ungenerous Treatment his Lordship has re- 

 ceived from the Wood-yates-Inn Committee. 



"Can it be made a Question whether Cranborn Chace extends into Wiltshire 

 when a very extensive Rang of the Woods are in that County ? — As to its 

 Northern Boundary I have often, at different Times in a pretty long Life 

 spent in Wiltshire and Dorsetshire, heard that the River Nadder or Adder 

 fixt the Bounds, which carries more than bare Presumption wiih It, as 

 Parishes, Hundreds, and Counties are bounded by Rivers — however thus 

 much I affirm from Knowledge, that I have seen an erected Pole with Buck's 

 Horns on the Top, at the South End of Harnham Bridge, going into Salisbury, 

 and was told by a Keeper standing by, that It was an anniversary Remem- 

 brance that the Bounds of Cranborne Chace extended Thither ; and I have 

 heard that the like Custom had been observed at Cann-Church at the South 

 Entrance into Shaftesbury 'tho I never was an Eye-witness to it. 



" I think the following Facts serve to prove that the Chalk Bourn, I mean 

 that String of Parishes, North of the Chace, is within Its Limits — (viz.) It 

 frequently happened that the Keepers, upon Suspicion or Information that 

 Venison was in any of those Parishes, went with a Warrant and proper 

 Officers and made Search, and in whosoever House it was found, the Owner 

 was by a Justice convicted in the same Penalty, as if when with the Deer at 

 his Back in Cobly-Lawn. 



" This Sir is I think very conclusive. 



" I have heard much of Chace Matters, from ( ) to 1756 I lived at the 

 Chalks, and 'tho I was no Deer Hunter (then so called) I was acquainted 

 with many very respectable People who were. 



" With my most sincere Regards to Lord Rivers — I remain — Sir 

 " Your very ob l hum Servant 



" Henry Good." 



Dr. Good to Mr. Salisbury : — 



" Wimborne July the 2nd 1794. 

 " Sir The unpleasant Business you was last week with me upon dwells 

 much upon my mind. You will permit me therefore to communicate my 

 Thoughts on some Points of that Contest. 



