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he turned back and went to ground in the bank 

 at the top of Thornford Hill. A pretty gallop 

 of some five-and-thirty minutes over a nice 

 country. We then went down and drew Whit- 

 field ; found more than one inhabitant. Ran 

 one of them through both covers, away over 

 those fine pastures, and with fencing enough 

 to satisfy a glutton, almost to Yetminster, then 

 ringing round, he returned to his home at 

 Whitfield, through which hounds hunted him 

 with a most glorious crash of music, finally 

 getting out on the Home Bushes side, leaving 

 Six Acres on his left, on, by the back of Holnest 

 Park, to the right to Sweet Hills, through it, 

 swinging up to Totnel Corner, and then, leaving 

 Castles on the left, he turned towards Chetnole, 

 and went up into the knoll and out again by 

 Scevior's to Cockeram's Plantation, eventually 

 throwing up at Totnel Corner. It was now past 

 five o'clock, and daylight failing, and hounds 

 having been running nearly three hours since 

 they found in Whitfield, the Master gave the 

 word for home. Lord Haldon was out, and 

 Mr. Weatherby, besides our usual field. 



