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jumped. There is a higher average of good runs 

 and days with stag than fox ; here the riding is 

 rough and most of the galloping done over heather. 

 In September and October the district overflows 

 with visitors. By the end of October the quarry 

 changes from stag to hind : rain that brings heavy 

 going, this and mist are the two chief deterrents 

 to sport here. Of quarters there is a wide choice, 

 and Exford is the most central. From here the 

 Exmoor and Dulverton foxhounds can be reached ; 

 also the Devon and Somerset staghounds. Exford, 

 however, is dull for a long winter stay when 

 Minehead, Dunster, and Porlock are livelier. 



Porlock is handy for a good deal of hunting 

 with the Exmoor foxhounds, Minehead harriers, 

 and the staghounds, while Minehead and Dunster 

 are also handy for the West Somerset foxhounds. 

 From Porlock and Minehead you can hunt for 

 nine months out of the twelve — one of the ideal 

 spots this for a hunting correspondent. The 

 Blackmore Vale, however, is a very popular pack, 

 I need hardly add ; then comes the Cattistock from 

 Sherborne and Yeovil, the Taunton Vale from 

 Yeovil, the South and West Wilts from Temple- 

 combe, and Lord Portman's from Shaftesbury. 

 Houses let well in the Blackmore Vale country ; 

 some winter residents at Torquay favour the South 

 Devon ; eastward of this all the packs attract 

 residents alone, no visitors. 



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