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1791. — In the spring hind-hunting this year seven hinds 

 were tcilled, each affording good runs, and several male 

 deer ran up by mistake. On August 15th Joe Faulkner 

 was thrown from his horse and much injured ; the autumn 

 hind-hunting was very short, as Sir T. D Acland was 

 taken very ill, and left for London as soon as he could 

 undertake the journey. 



August 20th, 1792. — Found a stag in Horner; the pack 

 on going through Stoke Pero brake separated on a brace 

 of hinds that leapt up before them, and came back to 

 Horner ; here they were stopped and taken on to the 

 Common, and hit the stag off on Dunkerry. Cold 

 hunting from this to Orchard Combe, where he had 

 stopped, for the scent improved much ; ran him merrily 

 down the valley to Wellshead and Muddicombe ; he here 

 broke from the Exe on the right, and lay fast in a small 

 wood just below Exford ; he was fresh found, and they 

 ran him at a smart pace to Luckwell Bridge. Here 

 a very long check occurred ; he had been met on the 

 road, and made a long double back ; he was eventually 

 hit off, and the hounds carried the scent to the stream 

 below Codsend Moor ; they ran down stream and shortly 

 broke into a furze brake, where he was lying ; breaking from 

 it in view he went down the valley and crossed up over 

 to Cutcombe village, just below which he was taken and 

 killed ; this was an excessive hot day. 



August 2'jtJi, 1793. — Found in Molland Wood, North- 

 molton ; laid the pack on at Withygate, and they ran 

 him at their best pace over Yarddown to Fiveburrows, 

 and then over Exmoor to Cornham and Mole's Chamber, 

 then on to Blackpits and over Prayway ; then turned 

 for the Warren and down to Execleave to Orchard 



