26o CHASE OF THE WILD RED DEER 



fixture Bury-hill, After tufting some time, only a young 

 four-year old male deer was found. The pack were 

 ordered back to kennel to renew the sport this day. A 

 good old deer being known to be in the covert, although 

 we were not fortunate enough to rouse him. This day he 

 was found in the heath on Haddon Hill. He ran directly 

 for Harfordcleave, and from it into Haddon Wood, beat 

 it up and down, no doubt with the hope of turning out 

 other deer in his place, but was not successful; he now 

 tried Saddleback and Padwells, also in vain, and then 

 Swinescleave, and came to water under Birchwood ; 

 having soiled, he broke into Birchwood, and by Wind- 

 ground got on to Haddon Hill ; this he crossed for Deer 

 Park, and crossed the valley below into Upton plantation, 

 and broke at the top over Upton farm for Four 

 Chimneys, and by Littledown reached Brendon Hill, 

 which he crossed for Treborough plantation, and from this 

 to Pooletown ; he now beat through Slowly Wood and 

 went down the bottom for a mile ; now broke to the left 

 as if making for the sea, but backed it over Blackhill 

 again for Slowly, and was eventually ran into and killed 

 in the stream below the wood. 



\oth. — Found a good stag in Upton Wood ; it was an 

 hour before he could be forced to quit the Haddon 

 coverts. At length he broke from Storridge, and passing 

 over Lyncombe, crossed the Minehead turnpike for 

 Witherham, and came to water on the Exe below 

 Dawes Wood ; broke from it into Stockham Wood, and 

 beat the coverts to Helebridge Wood ; now backed it for 

 Heatheridge and over Courtdown to Highercombe ; went 

 up the bottom nearly to Mountsey Common, and 

 descended to the Barle river between Mountsey House 



