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scent was frequently at its best in the evening ; 

 certain it is that a great proportion of his best runs, 

 often ending witii blood, took place in the late after- 

 noon — eloquent testimony not only to his o^^ti 

 keenness, but also to the stoutness and condition of 

 his hounds. It is not every pack that will run and 

 kill a late afternoon fox in such a country as the 

 Haldon. 



It is interesting to record that in November, 18 S3, 

 just a year after the incident of the red deer, another 

 staghunt took place in the country, but this time 

 "v\'ith harriers. 3Ir. Tremlett's harriers had found a 

 wanderer from Exnaoor at Xewton St. C\Tes, and, 

 after a good run, he had been taken near Ashcombe 

 and lodged in farmer White's barn at Ashcombe 

 Barton. After a week's rest and good feeding, the 

 stag was taken in a cart to Lamb Inn, Longdown, 

 where, although the fixture was not advertised, an 

 enormous field assembled. Mr. Tremlett's pack was 

 strengthened for the occasion by several couple from 

 jNIt. Townsend's harriers, and among them was one 

 shagg\' black-and-tan fellow whose appearance 

 savoured of the Pruicipality. 



The stag had seven points and an offer, but I do 

 not remember their disposition. He was enlarged in a 

 field on the north side of the road and went away at 

 first towards \Miitestone as if to return whence he 

 came. He soon turned, however, and took a line 

 through Perridge and Cotleigh to Haldon Behidere, 

 over the plain of Haldon. and by Harcombe to 

 Ugbrooke. Here he took soil and swam about in the 

 ornamental water for some time, while the hounds, 

 which had tailed terribly, enjoyed much independent 

 diversion among the fallow deer in the park. Fortu- 

 nately the himtsman, Sam Gilmore, who was some- 



