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hour he alternately beat the coverts and the stream, many 

 a time lying fast and allowing the hounds to pass him ; 

 but eventually, after fresh finding him for the third time, 

 he was obliged to yield, and was killed on the Haddeo 

 just below Clammar. Mordaunt Fenwick Bisset, Esq., 

 the master of the pack, cut the deer's throat whilst a son 

 of that old sportsman, Mr. R. Gooding, of Burston, held 

 a candle to enable him to see to do so. This chase lasted 

 seven hours. The deer was at least fourteen years old, 

 and had four on top on each horn. 



September \2th. — The harbourer was unable to harbour 

 a deer, although he reported a good stag in the neighbour- 

 hood of Deer Park. The pack was moved from Jury 

 kennel to Blackmore's cottage, and Deer Park tufted 

 with three couple. They found immediately, and a fine 

 hind broke covert ; they were turned back heel on the 

 scent, and found five others ; the tufters were stopped 

 from all but the last, when one hound that was whipped 

 off the scent, instead of going to the huntsman, broke 

 into Westhill Wood ; he was soon heard to give tongue, 

 and within five minutes a fine stag was seen to break for 

 Upton Wood, the tufters all but in view ; they crossed into 

 Deer Park (but the hinds had left it), and then broke on 

 to Haddon Hill. The pack was now laid on, and ran 

 him over the hill to Harford, and through the cleave to 

 Haddon Wood, and between this and Clammer he came 

 to water, and soiled. I observed him leave the river, and 

 immediately afterwards he lay down in the wood. It was 

 now discovered that the pack had changed on to one of 

 the disturbed hinds, and orders given to stop them, which 

 was soon done, and about ten couple of them were thrown 

 in on the stag as he lay ; he beat the coverts for some 



