Red Deer: Natural HistoryLongmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 320 pages |
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Page 6
... frequently assume an irregular and jagged outline , which adds variety to the scenery . In the present day it is usual to reach Martindale by driving from Pooley Bridge along the Westmorland side of the lake . It is also easy to row ...
... frequently assume an irregular and jagged outline , which adds variety to the scenery . In the present day it is usual to reach Martindale by driving from Pooley Bridge along the Westmorland side of the lake . It is also easy to row ...
Page 7
... frequently runs to ground in crags which are too lofty and precipitous to afford a footing to the most adventuresome of fell - side hounds . There were ' Foumarts ' too in Martindale , and that within the re- collection of men who are ...
... frequently runs to ground in crags which are too lofty and precipitous to afford a footing to the most adventuresome of fell - side hounds . There were ' Foumarts ' too in Martindale , and that within the re- collection of men who are ...
Page 15
... frequent the tops of the mountains in that season . Whenever the lord goes to hunt the stag , the bailiff summons all the tenants before sun- set the preceding night , to attend to their strones or stations . These stations are at two ...
... frequent the tops of the mountains in that season . Whenever the lord goes to hunt the stag , the bailiff summons all the tenants before sun- set the preceding night , to attend to their strones or stations . These stations are at two ...
Page 16
... frequently called upon the tenants for this service . ' The head of the Hasell family used to give away two or three hinds every year to the poor of Martin- dale . The custom fell into abeyance at last in con- sequence of a succession ...
... frequently called upon the tenants for this service . ' The head of the Hasell family used to give away two or three hinds every year to the poor of Martin- dale . The custom fell into abeyance at last in con- sequence of a succession ...
Page 17
... frequently quitted the glades of the oak woods to ravage the standing crops in the vicinity . It was as a compensation for the damage caused by roving deer that Edward III . bestowed certain privileges of grazing upon the inhabitants of ...
... frequently quitted the glades of the oak woods to ravage the standing crops in the vicinity . It was as a compensation for the damage caused by roving deer that Edward III . bestowed certain privileges of grazing upon the inhabitants of ...
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ALEXANDER INNES ANDREW LANG animals antlers beast beat C. J. LONGMAN Cabinet Edition calves Canteleu chapter chase CO.'S STANDARD colour Cookery corrie course crofters cross Crown 8vo Cutcombe deer drive deer forests deer-stalking doubt drive Dulverton England English Essays Exford Exmoor fallow deer feeding fire foxhounds glen ground grouse Haggard's H. R. harbourer haunch head herd Highlands hill hinds horns horses hounds hunting huntsman Illus Illustrations JOHN kennels killed land LONGMANS & CO.'S Lord lymers M.A. Crown 8vo Maps Martindale miles mutton nearly neighbour never old stag owner pack Park Plates POEMS points Portrait practice red deer ridge rifle Royal sanctuary scent Scotland season sheep shooting shot side Simonsbath sport sportsman stag stag-hunting staghounds stalker stalking Stoodleigh Text tions trations tufters venison vols weather wild wind winter wood wounded
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