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Goulash of Venison with Dumplings

Cut two pounds raw venison from a leg into pieces one and a half inches square. Heat one tablespoon butter in a saucepan, add the venison; season with a saltspoon salt and half teaspoon paprika. Stir well with a wooden spoon and briskly cook for ten minutes, or until a good golden colour; then add one tablespoon flour, a sliced carrot and a sliced onion. Stir well again; moisten with a gill claret, half pint broth or hot water, half gill tomato sauce and one gill demi-glace, adding a sprig bay leaf and a saltspoon thyme. Stir with the spoon and let boil for five minutes; then add two medium, raw potatoes, peeled and cut into pieces three-quarters of an inch square. Cover the pan and slowly cook for ten minutes. Place the pan in a hot oven and cook again for forty minutes. Remove from the oven, take up the bay leaf, skim the fat from the surface. Pour the goulash into a hot dish and serve with six dumplings placed over. While the goulash is in the oven prepare the dumplings.