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lucky enough to have been there with a camera, 

 then he turned and fell with a splash into the pool. 

 It was a miracle how he got clear, but get away 

 he did to run the fields again, and take refuge in 

 a rabbit burrow on the bank of the main river. 

 Hounds were taken away, and after a bit of work 

 the terriers bolted him. He took down stream, 

 and after the pack was laid on, a couple of hounds 

 collared him on the shallows. He appeared to 

 fling these hounds off as if they were straws, then 

 he shot into a pool, raising a splash and a wake 

 like a hydroplane as he crossed it. 



Reaching the farther bank, he at once took to 

 the hanging wood, and went straight up it. He 

 gained a short start by this manoeuvre, then the 

 pack was roaring in his wake. Running the wood 

 like a fox, it looked at first as if he was going right 

 out at the top, but he turned and came down again, 

 crossed the river and took refuge in a strong root 

 holt. Some time was spent digging before he 

 could be ejected, and when he was at last obliged 



to bolt, he again went straight across the river and 



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