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Yarlington Covers, which he thoroughly investi- 

 gated, but, not caring to staj^ he passed the 

 Three Swans on his way to Maperton Wood, 

 up to which point he had been before us for 

 about twenty-six minutes. He went on from 

 here with a fair holding scent, leaving Maperton 

 Gorse on the left, and going through Tennants' 

 Wood, to the far end of Charlton Gorse, whence 

 he made a wide circuit by Templecombe and 

 Charlton Woods, back to Tennants' Wood, 

 where, no doubt, he still is. This run was 

 about fifty minutes, all told. From here we 

 went to Gale's Plantation, and got on a line 

 which led us through Cheriton and Charlton 

 Woods again, to the left of Maperton Gorse 

 and into Tennants' Wood, where he seemed to 

 have got farther ahead of us than he was at 

 starting, though the line was somewhat stale 

 when hounds first took it up, and the scent was 

 bad throughout. The weather was frosty, and 

 very uncertain and changeable, but we must 

 hope for better things next week. 



