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Brought forward .... 

 Tuesday, January 22nd, 1828. 



Found at Hicks 's Park, under "West End Wood, 

 near Brewham, and after a sharp and brilliant run of 

 one hour and five minutes, with scarcely a check, the 

 Hounds ran into and killed him under the windows of 

 Brewham Lodge. It being early in the day, the Hounds 

 were walked on toKilmington Common, where they found 

 a second immediately) going away at his brush to West 

 End Wood, and over the Earths to Grove Wood, Kings 

 Wood, and Brewham Forest, trying the Earths at New 

 Park, and away for the grounds near Stourton House 

 — and through them for Norwood, and the open Country 

 towards the Mere Downs, making Knoll Wood, and 

 half way up the hill, where the Hounds fairly turned 

 him, and ran into him in very handsome style, after a 

 run over every variety of country of three hours and 

 fifteen minutes : walking their twenty miles home with 

 every stern an end ! , 



Friday, January 25th. 



The Blackmoor Vale Hounds met on this day at 

 Stock House, where, as usual, a very numerous Field 

 was assembled. The Hounds were walked on to a 

 favourite Cover of Mr. Yeatman's, in the Vale, called 

 Rooksmoor, where a brace of Foxes were found imme- 

 diately, both of them going before the Pack to Dead- 

 moor, and across the open Commons to Fifehead and 

 on to Plumber Coppice, and over Sturminster Common 

 to Fiddle's Wood, where the Hounds, which had crossed 

 and changed from the line of one Fox to the other, 

 settled themselves closely to the dog Fox! going away, 

 all but in view of him, across the Vale to Connygar 

 AVood, and from thence across the enclosures to the 

 village of Shillingston, and up the steepest part of the 

 hill at that place at a tremendous pace, carrying as fine 

 a head as was ever seen on the most level piece of 



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