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time, and then broke by Wind Corner for Birchwood, and 

 would have gone down below Bury village, but as usual 

 at this place, got blanched by the people on the bridge ; 

 he now went up the valley and returned to Haddon 

 Wood by the river, breaking from it near the place where 

 he first took soil; he threaded the coverts again, and 

 broke on to Haddon Hill and crossed for Haddon farm, 

 and now leaving Bury village to the left, sought Pixey 

 Copse ; but no friendly hind was here to help him in 

 eluding pursuit. Driven from this he broke for the Exe 

 and beat up stream to near Helebridge; when leaving the 

 river to the right, he broke as if for Pixton Park ; but 

 turning under the kennel at Jury crossed the old Mine- 

 head turnpike for Helebridge Wood, and came to water 

 again on the Exe below Barledge Abbey ; having soiled, 

 he broke into Execleave, and was here so fortunate as to 

 turn out a hind and lay down in her bed ; the pack now 

 passed him on for the hind, ran her through the coverts, 

 and by the usual route to Hawkridge ; no doubt heated 

 by the chase, and fancying himself safe, he came down to 

 refresh himself once more in the Exe; some foot-people 

 saw him and tally-hoed him, just as the last of the 

 horsemen got to the top of the covert after the pack. 

 Orders were now given to stop them, but this could not 

 be accomplished until reaching Hawkridge ; and it was 

 full an hour before they could be brought back, during 

 which the stag lay in the river Exe, below Baronsdown, 

 exposed to the gaze of at least a hundred people, on 

 horseback, in carriages, and on foot ; the pack were 

 brought back, and the deer broke and ran in view down 

 the valley. It was a complete race to Warebridge ; he 

 now crossed the turnpike again for Bury Wood, but was 



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