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AVotton enclosure, and then my bloodhound ran the 

 fawn in cover for an hour and a half, and lost him at 

 dark. Ten days after I found this fawn in his ori- 

 ginal lair, and ran him an hour before I could get a 

 shot at him, and when killed he was in beautiful 

 condition. On another occasion, I found a faAvn in 

 Holmesley enclosure, who, after a turn or two in 

 cover, went away and crossed the railway between 

 Wotton and Wilverley, and then ran the round of 

 Wilverley enclosure, and the heaths adjoining, for 

 two hours and ten minutes, when I got a shot at 

 and slightly wounded him; Druid then ran into hiin 

 on the open heath between Wilverley and Burley, 

 This fawn had no sign of milk for food, while, at the 

 same time, the kidneys were almost covered with fat. 



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