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Brought forward. , . . 

 Friday, September 28th, 1827. 



Met at Monk Wood; found a Marten Cat, and 



stopped. Drew Norwood and part of Asham Wood, but 

 found the Cover disturbed by people nutting- 



Friday, October, 2nd. 



Found a brace of 3'oung Foxes at Fifehead Mag-dalene 

 Coppice ; killing the first in thirty-five, and the second 

 in thirty minutes, with sharp g-ood running ; drew on to 

 Thornhill Coppice, where we found a littei', ten couple 

 Earthing /AezV Fox in a drain atBagber, and fifteen 

 couple running ^7(teo/(/ Fox to the Caundle Holt Covers, 

 where they were stopped 



Friday, October 5th. 



Mf.t at Coombe Farm, found an old Fox imme- 

 diately, and lost as quickly, owing to the wildness and 

 unsportsmanlike riding of the Field! — Hit him again, 

 however, after a very long check, and Earthed him at 

 Holway; abundant leisure being afforded him to open 

 the Earth at this mound of sand! Found a second Fox in 

 the Brake above the Earth, and Earthed him in thirty 

 minutes, and left him, the Hounds not wanting blood. 

 "Went on (by DESiRE)^Ye miles, to Compton]AVood, 

 finding an old dog Fox at four o'clock, and after a very 

 sliai'p burst of forty-five minutes, killing him hand- 

 somely 



Tuesday, October 9th. 



Met at Plumley Wood, and found a brace of Foxes 

 immediately in a very heavy rain, running forty minutes 

 in Cover with a very middling scent — but losing him 

 when we got upon the fallows near Hanover "Wood. 

 Went to the Caundle Holt Woods and found four Foxes, 

 running and changing 'till half past twfl — Avhen the 

 Hounds were ordered to be stopped; — and by a very 

 WIDE and persevering cast, a single scent was hit off, 



Carried forward. . . . 



