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side he entered the river, and backed it over the hill to 

 Barbrick Mills ; now kept the water half the way to 

 Lynmouth, broke from it on the left and went to sea. A 

 boat brought him to land, and he vvas killed. 



ijth. — Found in Haddon, and after a very uninteresting 

 run of three hours, during which the deer ran very short, 

 mostly keeping to the covers, he was taken on the Barle 

 above Marsh Bridge, at New Invention. He had two on 

 top of each horn, but his bays and trays were wanting ; 

 from both his running and stunted head should have 

 considered him a very old stag, but for a mark in his 

 ear, which proved him to be a deer which I turned out as 

 a yearling six years before ; he was one given me by 

 Captain West. I presume that his head had never been 

 properly developed ; his running was very inferior to that 

 of a stag bred in this country. 



October 1st. — Jury Kennel the meet. A fine hunting 

 day with showers. The pack moved to Haddon Hill, and 

 the morning was lost drawing in Deer Park, Upton Woods, 

 and Westhill Wood with the tufters, blank. At length 

 a stag was roused from Haddon, he broke into Storridge 

 and thence to Keenswood, then over Harewood farm 

 for Hollery, Ditchmoor, Cophole farm, and Withiel, to 

 Brendon Hill, and crossed it to Leigh Cliffs; skirted this 

 on the right, and then made for Langridge Wood ; came 

 to water below it, and beat up for Slowly Wood ; ran 

 this covert some time and came to water below Drew- 

 combe, and after keeping it some distance, broke from it 

 on the left and crossed for Washford. Here some people, 

 finding that the hounds had got away from the sports- 

 men, killed the stag. Mr. R. Burton, who had once lived 

 in the neighbourhood of Dulverton, took care of the few 



