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Brong"ht forward 



second at the Bradley Wood, and after two hours hard 

 work for the Hounds, the scent g-etting- worse and worse, 

 we stopped the Hounds late in the day and took them 

 home ; twenty miles 



Saturday, April 7th, 1827. 



Met at King-weston Inn, and walked the Hounds 



on to Coppley Wood, which we drew with a lively Drag- ; 



and thence to Butleig-h Wood, near Glastonbury. In this 

 Cover we found an immense dog- Fox immediately, 

 hunting- him throug-h Coppley Wood (a Cover of 500 



acres) without a turn, and away for the Somerton Woods ; 



but the Hounds turned him from thence to Charlton Adam, 

 and to the fine wide vale near King-ton, Avhere they raced 

 him at their best pace to King-weston : (the seat of W, 

 Dickinson, Esq., M. P.) forcing- him throng-h the back 

 yard and under the Mansion House windows, and thence 

 across the Park, where the Hounds ran into him, after 

 a fine burst of forty-five minutes without a check 



Thursday, April, 10th Did not hunt. 



Friday, April 13th — Did not hunt. 



Tuesday, April l7th. 



Met at the Kennel, and tried for an out-lying- Fox, 

 but did not find him 



Friday, April 28th. 



Met at Redlynch Gate and walked the Hounds on 

 to Postlebury Wood, where we found a short-running- 

 Vixen, with a bad scent, and stopped the Hounds .... 



Thursday, April 24th. 



Met at West EndWood and found a leash of Foxes 

 at the Bradley Covers ; stuck to one merrily for two 

 hours, and when dead beaten, and the Hounds in the 

 same belt of firs icith him, we unluckily changed, and 



stopped 



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