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Logfan Rock and looked like seasfulls, some of them 

 right up against the sky ; two or three fishermen in 

 blue jerseys climbing like cats and keeping near the 

 water's edge ; the huntsmen on foot on the top and 

 hounds between them. 



Drew several miles of cliff. At last hounds 

 showed a drag at the top and a fisherman shouted 

 " tally ho," being close to the fox on ledge of rock. 

 The fox ran up a ravine to the top ; unluckily hounds 

 viewed him and opened such a chorus ; chased him 

 down again and he got into a cleft of the rock and 

 we had to leave him. Trotted inland and drew some 

 brakes blank ; went and refreshed at Mr. Samuel 

 Hervey's, a fine old farmer and very keen on the 

 hunt. Found a fox in a brake ; hounds never found 

 him properly, a single hound flashing along the rack 

 way ; when they went away they ran miles together, 

 It was very suspicious, and from what I heard after 

 1 think he came by rail. A good deal of grass, low 

 stone-faced banks, wet and boggy in places, rough 

 gorsy field and not a tree to be seen, lots of stones 

 and ruined pumping engine houses. 



Ivybridge, Tuesday, 12th March. — Started from 

 Torquay at 7.40, to meet the Four Burrow Hounds. 

 A fine bright morning. Uniack, Dr. Ratclyffe Hall 

 and his son, Whitehead. At Newton met Mr. and 

 Miss Widborne, W., Hole, etc. When we got to 

 Brent saw foo- on the hills, and at Kinorsbridgre road 

 could not see at all. Rode on to Biddicombe Bridge 

 Inn, kept by Gregory, huntsman of Torquay Harriers ; 

 left Morton and chestnut horse there ; rode on to 



