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for some time and came to water below Clammer, and 

 beat down stream to near Bury village ; broke from it on 

 the right and crossed over the enclosures for Peter's Piece 

 plantation, as if making for the river Exe, but turned to 

 the left for Bury Wood and crossed the Haddeo ; after 

 soiling, he left for Pixey Copse, which he beat up and 

 down, no doubt with the hope of turning out other deer, 

 but was obliged to leave it disappointed ; he now came 

 down to the Exe and crossed it for Perry farm and 

 reached the Barle river, just below Newbridge crossed 

 the turnpike into Ellerswood, from which the pack soon 

 drove him, and then by Combe House, the seat of the 

 Rev. John Sydenham, Clayford and Ashhill farms; soiled 

 in the stream called ' Brockey,' then broke over Gill more 

 and the Nightcotts on to Trackford Moor, then over 

 Sower farm ; sought shelter in Langridge plantation, but 

 he was soon obliged to leave, and now passed up by the 

 * Red Deer,' and crossed the Bampton and Southmolton 

 turnpike road for Ford and Mildon farms ; then leaving 

 Pinkworthy to the right reached Spurway, and took the 

 river below Wasberry Wood ; he beat down some distance 

 as if making for the Ironmill water, but turned short to the 

 n'o-ht for Oakford village, and passing close to the back of 

 the houses recrossed the Southmolton road, and by Val- 

 ridge plantation came to water in the Exe, and beat up it 

 to Highleigh mills; he kept the river for half a mile and 

 broke from it on the right, crossing the Tiverton turnpike 

 and passing over Grant's farm reached Combeshead, the 

 seat of Henry Badcock, Esq. ; broke into the turnpike 

 road before reaching Highcross, and kept it some 

 distance ; broke from it on the left, and passing over 

 Birchdown, sought the stream at Bonnycross, and, after 



