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 Thursday, December I2tli, 1828. 



Met at Cattle Hill Gate ; — found a Fox twenty mi- 

 nutes after 11, in Lilly Wood, but he was headed back 

 into the Honnds' mouths at Bratton, and killed. Found 

 a second in Holm Wood, near Holbrook House, g"oing- 

 away at a tremendous pace for Redlynch Park, and 

 away for Shepton Montag-ue and Hadspen, where we 

 had a check, but hit him off over the wall, and killed 

 in vieio near Pitcombe, after a very severe and fine run 

 of one hour and twenty minutes 



Tuesday, December 16th. 



Met on this day at Tenant's Wood; — found a brace 

 of Foxes in Cherton Wood, and after a g-ood hunting- 

 run of one hour in a driving- rain, lost the Fox on the 

 Charlton Hill near Temple Coombe Wood : made a 

 persevering and wide cast on the foil ; recovering in 

 Cherton Lower Wood, and in a sharp burst of twenty- 

 Jive minutes killed in the parish of Charlton 



Friday, December 19tli, 



A very large Field met us at Caundle Brake ; — found 

 a brace of Foxes g-oing away in about thirty minutes 

 to Frith Wood, where we crossed a staler scent, and 

 hunted him sloivly to the Caundle Holts and lost. Went 

 back and found a brace and half of Foxes in Stal- 

 bridge Park; cliopped one unluckily, and went away in 

 a VERY HEAVY RAIN Avith another over the wall to 

 the vale below the town, stoppings the Hounds when 

 nearly dark, almost upon the banks of the Stour, most 

 of the horsemen being- tired and gone home, though 

 the Hounds were upon killing terms • 



Tuesday, December 23rd. 



Met at West End Wood, near Stourton, where 

 we found a brace of Foxes in Hicks's Park; — going- away 



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