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now turned out to the right, and slanting the side of the 

 hill, crossed the Barlefor Cow Castle ; now, through Birds- 

 cleave and by Honeymead, came to Clovenrocks; now 

 turned out over for the Exe river, and down to Orchard 

 Combe, and through the enclosures to Pitsworthy Combe, 

 now on to Alderman's Burrow, crossed the Porlock road 

 to Lucat Moor, and to water under Nutscale ; beat down 

 to Littlecombe ; here the hounds set him up ; he broke 

 from them, and went down the water to Poolbridge, 

 where they again set him up ; from this they viewed him 

 down the water and killed him under Horner, at the 

 bottom of Stoke Combe. It was a regular gallop this 

 day from the lay on to the finish ; the hounds did their 

 work well. The deer had four on top on one horn, with 

 three and an offer on the other, with all his rights. 



September Wi, 1818. — Met at Berryhill ; tufted the 

 Haddon and Stockham coverts without finding. Orders 

 were now given to trot to Dulverton and try the coverts 

 between it and Hawkridge ; it was now three o'clock, and 

 Marsh Wood was drawn with the pack. They soon came 

 on the walk of a deer, and in Ashweek Wood roused a 

 very good stag at half-past three. He came down the 

 coverts to Marsh bridge, and beat down the middle of the 

 Barle river to Dulverton bridge, and went under it, and 

 kept the water to Newbridge, going in the stream for 

 more than two miles. He now broke on the left for 

 Pixton Park, which he crossed for Pesselcombe Wood, 

 and then went up the Haddeo to near Berry village, and 

 lay fast in the water. Here the pack came in on him, 

 and viewed him back to the Exe river. He now went 

 up almost to Helebridge, and broke up over again into 

 Pixton Park, and crossed it for the river Barle, and went 



