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another turn round the wood and he come away again, 

 and the third time there were no shepherd, and no 

 ould 'ooman in the way, and we ran him nearly to 

 Doles, and there we catched him ; oh I 'twere a 

 beautiful run, and I remember it well. How far, sir, 

 should I call it to Wherwell Wood from Tedworth ? 

 Well, you can just see it, on a clear day, from 

 Ashton Copse, but you must go by Clatford and over 

 the water, and then the wood is more than two miles 

 through, but I've heard the faggoters say when they've 

 been at work at Ashton Copse, and sat down quiet at 

 their dinner hour, if the wind were in the right quarter, 

 they could hear old Carter's voice in Wherwell Wood, 

 and sometimes the horn, and 'tis a matter o' many 

 miles as the crow flies ; but there, I shall never hallo 

 a fox in Wherwell Wood again ; but, sir, I am very 

 thankful that I am as w^ell as 1 am, and able to get 

 about. O yes, I am very thankful." 



