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stopped them and set off after Boxall. But some 

 hounds left behind threw their tongues and my lot 

 broke away again. The fox had gone away and 

 they ran as hard as they could go. I could not get 

 over the fence, and had to go to the gate and could 

 not catch them, I got into a lane after galloping about 

 seven fields, found I was before them, went back 

 and found they had killed on Stranger's Rocks, a 

 heap of stones. I cut off the brush, chucked her up, 

 picked up the head and trotted after the field. I 

 said, " I must tell you what I have done, squire, in 

 case you should think I have been poaching". He 

 was quite pleased. 



Found in Dowland Brake, fox had gone ; two 

 hounds flashed on and the boy stopped them. A 

 single hound got away and the usual splutter com- 

 menced ; up a very steep hill ; ran on to the river 

 and checked among some stones opposite an engine : 

 Boxall held them up the next hill and got a line on 

 the top (said to be a fresh fox) ; set to and ran hard 

 and crossed the river again. Mr. Bowden, Dick Yeo, 

 Miss Bulteel, myself and Mr. Lamb nearest the 

 hounds. Many of the field had never crossed the 

 river and nicked in again. On the top of the hill 

 hounds overran the line or were driven off it. A 

 hound on my left hit it off ; I whistled and Dick put 

 them on heel way ; Rendell and I stopped them. 

 Just then Hole and Parker viewed a fox over the 

 next bog ; carried the hounds right on to it, and ran 

 very fast till we got to some beastly bogs on the 

 side of a hill with a brook at the bottom. Dick, 



