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February, 1828, " Found at ^Miiteway, killed at 

 Powderham," or, again, Friday, February 22nd, 

 " At Chudleigh Bridge ; a bagman ; killed at Bag- 

 tor ; capital run." I shall have something to say as 

 to this particular breed of bagmen in the next 

 chapter. Again : " Wednesday, 12th March. At 

 Duckailer," near Starcross ; " a good run to Duns- 

 ford," though in this case we are not told where 

 they found. Then, " Tuesday, April 1st. A bagman 

 at Stover ; ran to Lustleigh ; earthed." Finally, 

 " Monday, 12th ^lay. At Yarner Wood : found 

 on the Down ; ran through Lustleigh to the covers 

 behind Bovey ; earthed." 



King began cubhunting on the 29th August, 1827, 

 and hunted right through the season to the end of 

 May, the last day being on the 26th of that month, 

 during which period he put in seventy-six hunting 

 days. Eleven and a half brace of foxes including 

 three bagmen were killed, and there were eighteen 

 blank days. During each of the months of October, 

 November and December, the pack hunted two days 

 from Chumleigh in North Devon. 



In King's second season (1828-9) we find the 

 following additional fixtures : Longwood, Gudring- 

 ton, Buckland Beacon, Hennock, Oxton, Kings- 

 carsewell and Sir Stafford Northcote's (Pynes). These 

 places of meeting do not indicate any extension of 

 the country previously hunted, unless an exception 

 be made in the case of the last on the list, at which, 

 however, hounds met on only one day, as was the 

 case with regard to the Killerton fixture in the 

 previous season. It would seem, however, to shew 

 that both Killerton and Pynes were within the 

 country hunted by ^Ir. King. 



In those hospitable days an interchange of visits 



