438. The rear. The 1st ed. has "their rear."

443. Twilight wood. Cf. 403 above. "The appearance of the spears and

pikes was such that in the twilight they might have been mistaken at a

distance for a wood" (Taylor).

449-450. And closely shouldering, etc. This couplet is not in the MS.

452. Tinchel. "A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding a great space,

and gradually narrowing, brought immense quantities of deer together,

which usually made desperate efforts to breach through the Tinchel"

(Scott).

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