Notes on the Chase of the Wild Red Deer in the Counties of Devon and Somerset: With an Appendix Descriptive of Remarkable Runs and Incidents Connected With the Chase From the Year 1780 to the Year 186

Excerpt from Notes on the Chase of the Wild Red Deer in the Counties of Devon and Somerset: With an Appendix Descriptive of Remarkable Runs and Incidents Connected With the Chase From the Year 1780 to the Year 1860During the forty years that have elapsed since Dr. Collyns completed the work of which a new edition is now put forth, there have been periods when it seemed probable that the hopes of the Chase of the Wild Red Deer being republished might be gratified. Though the present editor joins in the regrets that other sportsmen better equipped than himself for the task have not found themselves able to undertake it, in one case at least the abandonment of the project has proved advantageous. For it was not until it had been abortively suggested that extracts from the diaries of the late Mr. Bisset should be subjoined to a new edition of Dr. Collyns' book, that Mr. John Fortescue set himself to write his admirable volume, Staghunting on Exmoor, which made its appearance in 1887, and brought the chronicles of the famous sport of the West up to the preceding year.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.