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ver}' suspicious hole ; but, be that as it uiay, the 

 pack weut on with no hesitation, and carrying a 

 strong head, over Stock ploughs, by South 

 Common Plantation towards Stock Wood, but, 

 being headed here, he went for Lydlinch and 

 over the river as if for Puxe}-, but he swung 

 back through the brick kiln, and we whipped off, 

 heading for Bagber, two hours and thirt3'-three 

 minutes after finding in Spurles. IVIr, Harris, 

 Lad}^ Theodora Guest's pilot, got down badly 

 over a gate, but no bones were broken, I hear, 

 and Bob, the second whip, is still conspicuous b}^ 

 his absence. 



December i8th. — 



Totnel Corner added another to my list 

 of casualties, as, after a sharp fourteen minutes 

 from Totnel Gorse to Bide's Gorse, Orbell got 

 severely bitten through his hand as he was 

 throwing his fox to the hounds, by one of them 

 jumping up, and, missing his aim, fixing his 

 teeth in his friend the Huntsman instead of in 

 his natural enemy. Orbell had to go liome, and 

 the Master took the horn. After finding and 



