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hills continually, and to a slight extent diminished 

 scent, but hounds ran fast till they came to the stream 

 below Nutscale. Working down as far as Black 

 Ball, they ran the line up on to Pool Plain, and down 

 again to water under Luccott. It looked as if this 

 gallant hind must be killed in Horner, but she went 

 on down the water past East Water Foot to Horner 

 Mill stream, which she left, and was viewed making her 

 way up Parsonage Side to Webber's Post. From 

 here she ran over Dunkery, and turned down to 

 Anniscombe and Span Gate Gorse. Hounds had 

 now run many miles, and very few riders were with 

 them as this old hind broke away over the enclosed 

 country between Wootton Courtenay and Timbers- 

 combe, coming to the Avill Brook below the village. 

 From here she beat down the water past Knowle and 

 Avill with hounds close to her. Below Avill Farm she 

 turned up on to Grabhurst, but after running a ring 

 round the ruined tower on Conegar, she dashed down 

 the hill with the pack at her haunches into Dunster 

 town, where she was pulled down right against the 

 gates of Dunster Castle at 3.5 p.m. The time when 

 she was first found was not taken, which was 

 unfortunate, for it was a really great run. The actual 

 point to point distance is eighteen miles — a distance 

 rarely exceeded by these or any other hounds. To 

 this a good deal would have to be added for the bend 

 made to the Deer Park, for the sinuous course of the 

 Horner Valley from Nutscale to Horner Mill and the 

 visit to Dunkery, and in addition something by no 



