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day's sport, and well did it sustain its reputation. A 

 brace of hinds were found on the heath above Sweet 

 Tree, and after a time were separated by the whip and 

 others. The pack was laid on the oldest of them ; they 

 ran her over Stoke Pero, Porlock, and Exford Commons 

 to Oare, and crossed it for the Badgworthy water ; went 

 down stream, and broke below Badgworthy Wood to the 

 left ; passed over Brendon Common and sunk the valley 

 for Farleigh ; she was here tally-hoed, and going over 

 Cheriton Ridge made for the Chains and crossed for 

 Exehead ; then over Duredon, and having Cornham on 

 the left sought Woodburrow, and on to Challacombe, 

 and pointed for Paracombe ; but turned to the right for 

 Chapman's Burrows, and crossed as if making for Combe- 

 martin, backed it for Martinhoe Common, and took 

 shelter in a small covert called Whitabay ; but refuge 

 even here was denied ; the pack fresh found her, and 

 after a turn through the covert, she leapt from the 

 cliff and killed herself; one of the hounds, 'Warrior,' 

 was so close on her that he went over with her and 

 shared her fate ; the distance down to the beach is over 

 360 feet. This was the best and fastest run of the 

 season, and was accomplished in two hours and twenty- 

 nine minutes with scarcely a check ; out of a large field, 

 only seven, including the whipper-in, witnessed the finish. 

 Such was the pace, that four horses never returned to 

 their stables, and at least a dozen more were rendered 

 useless for the remainder of the season. The hind 

 that was separated before laying on the pack must 

 have again joined during the run, for the deer were 

 together on Brendon Common. Seven hounds went 

 away on the second hind as if for Badgworthy, but she 



