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importance to the rule in question ; or perhaps I 

 should say that, having hunted mostly in rideable 

 countries, he did not appreciate the modifications 

 that an unrideable one may necessitate. Moreover, 

 Colonel Thomson could not, at the time he made 

 the note in his diary, have seen much of Captain 

 Haworth, as he did not come to Devonshire until 

 towards the end of the latter' s last season. He did 

 not then even know him well enough to spell his name 

 correctly ! 



That there could not have been much to find fault 

 with in Haworth' s methods as a huntsman is proved 

 by the record of excellent sport shewn by him and by 

 the number of foxes accounted for in a notoriously 

 difficult country in which to kill a fox. And this, with 

 the disadvantages, in his first season, of a pack newly 

 got together, and an abnormally dry and hot cub- 

 hunting season. 



A note of each day's sport was entered in the 

 master's diary, which is illustrated with some clever 

 pen-and-ink sketches. Its length — it comprises some 

 twelve thousand words — precludes its reproduction 

 here, but a careful perusal of its pages reveals the 

 difficulties the master had to contend with and his 

 success in overcoming them. 



The following were the chief fixtures in Haworth's 

 time : 



Bellamarsh. Dunchideock. 



Black Forest. Dunsford Bridge. 



Bovey. Eastdon, Stareross. 



Bradley. Forde House. 



Bridford. Haccombe. 



Chudleigh Bridge. Haldon. 



Cotleigh Wood. Haldon Race Stand. 



Culver House. Kenn. 



