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lirought forward . . 

 Avhere the Hounds beg-an to run for liiin in earnest, the 

 leading- riders seeing- him close before them at Mr. 

 Warry's Plantation, and over Newland Common at a 

 racing pace, and up the hill to Wootton Wood, and 

 nearly to Woodfalls at the back of Pievel's Inn, turning 

 close with him under the Coppice, near the old Grange 

 House, in Mr. Farquharson's Country, running- him to a 

 Gate Trip under Castle Hill, from whence he was 

 SAFELY LET GO, after a g-ood run of one hour and 

 thirty-five minutes 



Tuesday, March 30th, 1830. 



A lar^e Field met us at Bidcombe Down, near 



Bradley ; the Fox, however, which we had intended to 



draw for, was disturbed by the foot people half an 

 hour before we came ! We then drew^br four hours, 

 without finding, although unfortunately, a couple of 

 Hounds slipped away (from those large Covers) with 

 a Fox, and ran him by themselves, nearly to Warmin- 

 ster! 



Friday, April 2nd. 



Met in a very heavy and cold south-easterly rain 

 at Sparkford Inn; — drawing- Annis Hill Gorse and 

 Sparkford Wood, without finding, a Fox having- been 

 seen the day before. Found a vixen Fox on our return 

 at 25 minutes after two P. M., at Compton, in Hicknell 

 Plantation, running our Fox with an execrable scent 

 nearly to Tenant's Wood, when we gave it up, and 

 took the Hounds home, the rain falling- in torrents 



Tuesday, April 6th; — Did not hunt 



Friday, April 9th; Did not hunt 



Tuesday, April 13th. 



Found a brace in Batcombe Wood ; — going- away 

 with a moderate scent (the wind at west, and rather 

 stormy) through Weston Town Wood, by the villag-e 



Carried forward. . . . 



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