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he went to ground near his starting point, and, 

 as the Master advised us, we went home ; but 

 he dug him out and killed him. A shower}^ 

 threatening, but very mild day. Lord Digby 

 was out, with his daughter, two sons, and a 

 grandson ; also IMr. Walter Long, from Wiltshire. 



December 9th. — 



Not much improvement in the weather, rain 

 falling all the morning, and a good distance to 

 go, for the Cross Kej^s, at Lydford, is one of the 

 meets that lies wide. However, punctualh' at 

 eleven, Orbell arrived with the lady pack, nor 

 was the Master much later, and we soon moved 

 on to a cover close b}^ where we found a fox who 

 crossed the river and left us ; at least, we could 

 hear no more of him. With another we were 

 more fortunate ; we found him in Hornblotton 

 Wood, and ran him right handed as though for 

 Alford. Changing his mind, howe\'er, he swung 

 to his left, and, passing close to the Church, ran, 

 with a now rather catchy scent, to the Ditcheat 

 Hill, and up on to the flat ground above it. Here 

 we got a view of him, and he led us on !:>}' 



