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his that, the scent being bad, the pace was 

 slow. It took him about thirty minutes to 

 shake off his pursuers, and they were loath to 

 leave him, but he will do better another da}^, 

 and I fancy he has given us one good turn 

 already. The afternoon was spent in and about 

 Stalbridge Park, where a brace were found in 

 Park Wood ; but nothing much could be done 

 with them, and we left them both in the 

 neighbourhood, to wait till called for again. 



January 26th. — 



Owing to Orbell's accident on the 20th he 

 has not been out this week, and the Master has 

 continued to carry the horn, with Tom only to 

 whip in to him. In spite of the showery, uncer- 

 tain weather a largish field met at Mudford 

 Bridge on Monday, January 26th. After drawing 

 Ashington Spinnies blank, and the wood, hounds 

 found their first fox in Limington Warren, ran 

 towards Mudford, and killed in about five fields ; 

 but, as part of the pack followed another line 

 towards Ashington Wood, the Master did not 

 wait to break him up, but got all his hounds 



