For she came out of the great road at Lippock, 

 which is just by, and, reposing herself on a bank 

 smoothed for that purpose, lying about half a mile 

 to the east of Wolmer Pond, and still called Queen's 

 Bank, saw with great complacency and satisfaction 

 the whole herd of red-deer brought by the keepers 

 along the vale before her, consisting then of about 

 five hundred head. A sight this worthy the atten- 

 tion of the greatest sovereign ! But he farther adds 

 that, by means of the Waltham blacks, or, to use his 

 own expression, as soon as they began blacking, they 

 were reduced to about fifty head, and so continued 

 decreasing till the time of the late Duke of Cumber- 

 land. About the year 1737, his highness sent down 

 a huntsman, and six yeomen-prickers, in scarlet jack- 

 ets laced with gold, attended by the stag-hounds ; 

 ordering them to take every deer in this forest alive, 

 and to convey them in carts to Windsor. In the 

 course of the summer they caught every stag, some 

 of which showed extraordinary diversion : but, in 

 the following winter, when the hinds were also car- 

 ried off, such fine chases were exhibited as served the 

 country people for matter of talk and wonder for 

 years afterwards. I saw m3'self one of the yeomen- 

 prickers single out a stag from the herd, and must 

 confess it was the most curious feat of activity I ever 

 beheld. The exertions made by the horse and deer 

 much exceeded all my expectations; though the 



former greatly excelled the latter in speed. When 



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