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Wear Wood, and then down the water to Oareford, and 

 broke up over the hill for Hollowcombe Wood ; here 

 the hounds fresh found him, and he broke on to the hill 

 and crossed it for Twitching, and through Silcombe to 

 Culbone Wood ; here they pulled him down before 

 he could reach the sea. This was a very arduous day. 

 The chase lasted seven hours and a half. 



August 13//?, 182 1. — The meet at Cloutsham. The 

 tufters found in Horner Wood. Joe Faulkner, the whip, 

 had the misfortune to break his leg this day. This 

 untoward event damped the ardour of all who were out> 

 and, as the pack was not laid on, they were ordered home 

 until next day, when the hounds met at Holmbush, and 

 Porlock Wood was drawn with the pack. They found a 

 stag which crossed into Parkwood, and on to Parson's 

 Hill, and through Hawkcombe, and Horner Wood came 

 to water, and beat up to East Watersfoot ; now broke to 

 the left by Parsonage Copse, and over the hill to Wotton 

 Courtenay, on to Burrough, and from this forward to 

 Timberscombe, but turned and crossed the Minehead 

 turnpike by Diding's farm, then through Dunster Park to 

 the marshes, and went to sea ; he swam against wind and 

 tide to Minehead, where he was killed. 



October loth. — The fixture Buryhill. The tufters 

 found in Haddon. He beat covert for some time, and 

 eventually broke by Padwells for the Exe. The pack 

 was laid on in the Minehead turnpike road, and brought 

 him to water on the Exe, under Baronsdown ; he broke 

 into Stockham Wood, kept it to near Chilley Bridge, and 

 then went up over Court Down, and crossed it for Loosehall 

 Wood, and by Ballneck reached Marsh Wood ; from this he 

 threaded the woods to Dipper Copse, and came to water 



