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Exmoor and the adjacent country enveloped in a dense 

 fog-, it was determined to postpone the sport to the 

 following morning, and Dulverton fixed on as the place 

 of meeting. The harbourer brought early intelligence of 

 a good stag in Barledge Wood ; but as the morning was 

 very wet, it was noon before the pack left Dulverton. 

 The tufters soon found the stag, and he as quickly turned 

 out his companion, a much younger one, and the sagacity 

 displayed to evade his pursuers was most extraordinary. 

 The tufters ran both deer to the park by Baronsdown 

 House, and then into Brocklewood, at the further end of 

 which they lay down. Some sportsmen, who had watched 

 this movement, rode in, and separated them just as the 

 hounds came up. The old stag looking round and seeing 

 his companion going in a different direction, turned back, 

 faced the horsemen, passed them, and again joined the 

 young deer ; they now crossed for Padwells (a covert of 

 the Haddon group). The pack was laid on both deer in 

 the old Minehead turnpike road, and ran them to water 

 on the Haddeo, just above Clammer ; both deer kept the 

 water to near Harford ; and broke from it on the right 

 into the fir plantation in Harford Cleave ; here they 

 turned out a hind and lay fast ; and the pack followed 

 the hind. Every effort was now made to stop the hounds, 

 and this was accomplished in about half an hour ; on 

 throwing them into the plantation, both deer broke 

 together for Haddon Wood, ran these extensive coverts 

 for more than an hour, disturbing what deer were 

 contained in them, and causing the pack to divide in all 

 directions. The old stag was seen to break for Haddon 

 Hill and make for Upton ; as quickly as could be two 

 couple of hounds were stopped and taken on his line, and 



