MEMORIES OF A STAG HARBOURER: A RECORD OF TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS WITH THE DEVON AND SOMERSET STAG HOUNDS 1894-1921. By Fred. Goss. First edition reprint.

(1931) 1931 2nd impression. 8vo (145 x 225mm). Pp224. B/w photograph plates, illustration. Green cloth with blind-ruled border to upper board, spine titled in gilt.

A record of twenty-eight years with the Devon and Somerset Stag Hounds 1894-1921. "In the belief that some account of the ways in which a harbourer works and of the insight he gains into the habits of deer will be of interest to followers of the 'Devon and Somerset' and others living in the West Country, I have, at the wish of many friends, ventured to record my experiences in this book". Chapters include:- Early days; Harbouring in general; Slots and slotting; Tufting; Some slotting episodes; Antlers; Hind hunting and spring stag hunting; Life at Haddon; Some near shaves; Life at Weir; Nature of wild red deer; Habits of wild red deer; Companions in harbouring; Good sportsmen all; The forest of Exmoor; Old times and new; War-time and after. Appendix - Reprint from the West Somerset Free Press of an account of a presentation from the hunt. The photographs are by Alfred Vowles of Minehead and the preface is by Lord Fortescue.