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to Eyeworth Bottoms, close to the osier beds, 

 and there they checked. Only three hounds 

 were then with the governor, and he held them 

 to the left, but did not "hit it," so he thought 

 "He's in the osier beds." He put in what 

 few hounds he had. Out jumped the deer, 

 and went away up Morden Field. The people 

 in Morden heard the horn and ran out, met 

 the deer and '' blanched " him. By this time 

 an old bitch called " Trollop" had made up a 

 lot of lost ground, and she saw him coming 

 back down the field to the river. She turned 

 short back also and went down to the river as 

 hard as she could pelt, into the river she 

 jumped, swam over on to the other side, and 

 there stood waiting for him. He plunged into 

 the river, went over to the Eyeworth side, but 

 there met old "Trollop," and every time he 

 tried to come out she caught hold of his ear 

 and "ducked him." He was very beaten, and 

 had not strength enough to get out, and there 

 they took him. 



I once went to Wimpole Coverts to hunt 

 some deer that had got out of the Park. The 



