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Moor, and by Poole bridge reached the Horner woods. 

 Having run these extensive coverts for three parts of an 

 hour, he was eventually set up and killed at Eastwaters- 

 foot. This deer had a remarkable white spot on his 

 further haunch, and as we ran him, farmer Ellis, a 

 respectable man, and one whose veracity could be relied 

 on, told the sportsmen that he saw the same deer the 

 evening before feeding in his field under Sweet Tree, 

 and that his sheep-dog ran after him. Miller's Wood, 

 where the deer was found, is nearly thirty miles from 

 Sweet Tree. 



1785. — Found at Longwood in the parish of North- 

 molton. The pack was taken to Darlick Corner and 

 there laid on. He made his point first for Hawkridge, 

 but on reaching Lyddons turned to the left and came to 

 water on the river Barle just above Sherdon Hutch ; 

 beat up stream to Cow Castle, and broke from the water 

 for Simonsbath, thence on to Exehead and to the 

 Chains ; here he loitered, and then backed it to Hoar Oak, 

 and then to Badgworthy ; from this he went to Wear 

 Wood, where he was fresh found, and broke again for the 

 open and crossed by Blackburrow to Alderman's Burrow ; 

 here crossed the Porlock road for Lucott Moor and Lee 

 Corner, and then to Horner Green. This chase was over 

 forty-five miles, and lasted rather better than four 

 hours. 



September S,th, 1786. — The fixture was Horner; and 

 the stag, known as the old Badgworthy stag, was 

 harboured in Hollowcombe ; the tufters soon found him, 

 and the pack was laid on in the road under Coppery ; he 

 went straight for Badgworthy, up through Longcombe, 

 and turned to the left over the wet ground to Exehead. 



