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 ... The Chase From The Year 1780 To The Year 1860

by Charles Palk Collyns

Originally published in 1862. The author was a surgeon residing in Dulverton who spent many years hunting the Red Deer of Devon and Somerset. Contents Hunting in Olden Time – Natural History of the Red Deer – Hunting the Stag – Hounds, Hunts and Pack Records – An Exmoor Chase – Scent – Hunt Staff – Anecdotes and Incidents Connected with Deer hunting. Etc. Many of the earliest hunting books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

282 pages, Hardcover

First published January 18, 2010