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presence of a one-horned four-year-old stag. On 

 looking closelv at these they were seen to be 

 the well-known nott stag, the stag that was lost 

 on Dunkery after the last Wheddon Cross meet, 

 and two three-year-old male deer. Whistle and 

 handkerchief soon brought Anthony to the spot, 

 and then, with tufters hard at them, the four 

 deer hurried up Sweetery towards Bagley, one 

 turning back on the way. Ten minutes later 

 the master was galloping into Cloutsham for the 

 pack, and we were off and away up the Exford 

 road, with every prospect of a rattling run. 

 When Stoke Ridge was reached there was still 

 a little tufting left to do, for the great nott stag 

 and another were hanging amongst the patches 

 of fir plantation in Bagley Combe. 



Here, for once in a way, the held could see 

 the whole thing ; dashing into the firs, hounds 

 drove out first as a matter of course the wrong 

 deer, which doubled back over Dunkery, but 

 the nott stag showed for a minute. Stopping 

 hounds in a trice, Anthony soon had them 

 settled on him, and he broke covert now in 

 grand style for Langcombe Head. Giving him 

 a few moments' law, the master now cheered 

 them on again, and we set our horses' heads 

 for the moor and fairly raced beside them down 

 to Nutscale. Up now to Lucott Moor and away 

 to the Colley Water and down the Weir. Down 

 stream it was, and onwards down. Three fresh 



