20 1884. 



Brook, where those on water jumpers had the 

 best of it — though a bridge was not far off — and 

 on past Manston Copse, then down to the Stour 

 ri^er, which we forded, duly thankful to Mr. 

 Guest for this, one of his many well-marked 

 fords ; then turned to the right towards the Bull 

 Inn, nearly getting him there, but he was too 

 quick for us, and made good his way into 

 Piddles Wood, ran back along it and out again 

 by Rose's Mill, re-crossing the river to Manston 

 Copse, where he went to ground in a trip under 

 a gateway. We meantime followed the weak 

 line of another towards Hinton, till news was 

 brought that our hunted one had appeared out of 

 the trip, and Orbell trotted back at once, and, 

 though the hounds spoke well to him down two 

 hedgerows and as far as the river, they could 

 not account for him after it. We were running 

 our fox the better part of two hours. 



December 15th. — 



After a stormy night, we had a long ride 

 on a blustering road to meet the hounds at 

 Odcombe. A moderate field was assembled, and 



