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The pack was laid on them at Berryhill, forty minutes 

 after they broke covert, and ran them to the Exe river, 

 and up through Execleave to Heatheridge, and over Court 

 Down to Highercombe, and then crossed over Draydon 

 farm and soiled in the Barle, just below Hynam bridge, 

 and beat up stream to Buckminsterham ; above this they 

 parted, when the pack followed the one that took the 

 Danesbrook for Whiterocks ; he broke from this to 

 Drewcombe Gate ; beat up stream and broke out to the 

 left on to East Anstey Common, and slanted it to 

 Leshill, now crossed over Clogs to Hawkridge Common 

 over it for Westwater, and down to Tarrwood, the pack 

 close on him ; he beat up the Barle river to Bradley Ham 

 and sank himself in a deep pool, and the hounds passed 

 him ; they tried up to near Upington ; the huntsman now 

 backed it, and on returning to the Wearpool, the stag 

 jumped up in view ; he now went up through Oakbecr 

 Copse, to Upington, the hounds close at him ; he turned 

 back, and they ran him in view to Bradley Ham, where 

 he was killed. 



August 26th. — Old John Blackmore, the harbourer, had 

 several good stags harboured, but particularly wished 

 that the one in Storridge Wood might be roused, as he 

 knew him to be the twin brother of the one killed at 

 Bradley Ham ; he had known them both from the time 

 they first drew breath, and was sure if the survivor was 

 not killed, he would pine and die, as while living the 

 twins had never left each other ; his request was granted, 

 the deer was soon found, and ran over much the same 

 ground as his brother did, and was eventually killed under 

 Whiterocks. In size and head they were alike. Again 

 this autumn it was useless to take hounds into the field 



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