PAGE LORD FORESTER _Frontispiece_ THE VALLEY OF THE SEVERN 1 TRAINED FALCON 8 HOODED FALCON 9 MORFE FOREST 17 STAG 17 BOAR HUNT IN MORFE FOREST 21 FALLOW DEER 31 DEER LEAP 36 CHAPTER HOUSE OF WENLOCK PRIORY 38 WATERFALL 44 FOREST SCENERY 46 LADY OAK AT CRESSAGE 50 THE BADGER 53 GROUP OF DEER 54 NEEDLE’S EYE 56 DEER AND YOUNG 59 ATCHAM CHURCH 62 RICHARD FORESTER’S OLD MANSION 65 WILLEY OLD HALL 70 THE OLD SQUIRE 77 FAVOURITE DOGS 83 PORTRAIT OF A FOX-HOUND 93 BUILDWAS ABBEY 100 MOODY’S HORN, TRENCHER, CAP, SADDLE, &c. 122 GONE TO EARTH 122 A MEET AT HANGSTER’S GATE 140 THE FIRST IRON BRIDGE 147 VIEW OF BRIDGNORTH 154 WILLEY CHURCH 173 INTRODUCTION. [Picture: Valley of the Severn, near Willey]