The cottages and the village life of rural England (1912)
Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930, Quinton, A.R · London, J.M. Dent & sons ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & co. · leaf 237
dthere were daring gangs of ruffians roaming through the neighbour-hood, robbing parks and fish-ponds, and demanding money,regardless of all authority. Wild deer roamed the forest; thesethey captured by means of a hook fastened in a tempting apple,or shot with their guns. These lawless desperadoes… … Allerford, Somerset. LIFE OF RURAL ENGLAND in his History of Selborne, wrote : All the country was wildabout deer-stealing. Unless he was a hunter, as they affectedto call themselves, no young person was allowed to be possessedof manhood or gallantry. Led by one William Shorter, theWokingham Blacks…
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