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January 31st. — 



The meet was at the Kennels, and certainly 

 Jannary wound up with the wildest weather we 

 have had 3'et ; every sort of storm — hailstorm, 

 thunderstorm, wind and rain were incessant and 

 in their glory. The start was delayed by a 

 hailstorm, and the end accelerated by thunder 

 and lightning. After passing through Bristol's 

 Gorse we went to Compton Castle and found in 

 the Laurels, ran the woods, and on to Littleton 

 Hill, back again through the upper part of the 

 Castle Woods and out on the top, apparently for 

 Bristol's Gorse, but he turned to the left, and we 

 followed him slowly towards Blackford, and 

 hunted over the fallows with little or no scent, 

 severely testing the Master's patience and 

 talents as a huntsman, and right glad were we 

 when, having left Tennants' Wood behind us, 

 hounds ran into and killed him, thus reaping 

 the reward of their very patient hunt of an hour 

 and a-half. Charlton Wood provided another fox, 

 whose tracks we followed by Holton towards 

 Hlscombe, where the thunderstorm came on that 

 washed away the scent and wound up the month. 



