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body of the Blackmoor Vale Hounds g'oing' away at the 

 top of their speed towards Inwood, which our Fox skirt- 

 ed, and on to the Temple Coombe Woods, and throug-h 

 them to Yeanston, crossing the turnpike there for the 

 great vale, which they traversed at a tremendous pace 

 towards Temple Coombe, and on to Horsington and 

 Cheriton, and nearly to Latiford, leaving" Blackford a 

 little to the left, and into Elseombe Wood, and through 

 it to Yarlington, by Lilly Wood, and up the hill to 

 Bratton, where they ran him into a cyder house and 

 killed, after as fine and severe a run of two hours and 

 twenty-five minutes (over at least eighteen miles of 

 ground,) as was ever seen in this country 



Saturday, February 27th, 1830. 



Found a brace of Foxes at Nether Compton ; 



ran the dog thirty-five minutes very sharp, and token 

 killing. Earthed him near the House. Found a second 

 at Pointington ; — ran him very quick for about fifteen 

 minutes, when the Hounds were disgracefully over- 

 rode, and a long check ensued ; we hit him ag-ain, 

 however, and hunted him for three miles more over the 

 fallows in Sherborne Field, when we gave him up in 

 disgust and went home 



Tuesday, March 2nd. 



A good Field met us at Stourton Inn ; drew Deverell 



Longwood, blank ; finding in Penny's Wood, the Hounds 

 carrying him through the Great Bradley Wood in very 

 good style, and over Horsingsham Hill (for Bitcombe,) 

 where he unluckily went to Earth, after a good fifty 

 minutes, close before the Hounds 



Friday, February 5th. 



Met at Tenant's Wood ; — finding a very old Fox 

 in Cherton Wood, and killing in Charlton Wood in 



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