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upper cover ; but no doubt the noise tliey had 

 heard in the morning had been regarded by 

 the foxes as notice to quit, and none were at 

 home. Further off it was different, and we found 

 in Charlton Wood ; he ran towards Cheriton 

 Wood first, then, altering his course somewhat, 

 he swung down to the flat below the Kennels, 

 and over the ploughs to Bristol Gorse, and 

 fairly raced to Sigwells. Here, swinging sharp 

 to the left, he went over Corton Beacon for 

 Corton Gorse ; here he bore left, and ran b}^ 

 Weathergrow to Rimpton, where we came to our 

 first real check, at the end of fifty-four minutes ; 

 and virtually this was the end of it, for, though 

 there was a " holloa " on the top of Adber Hill, 

 and hounds made a faint line towards it, and 

 marked it on, but with no certainty, to Trent 

 Barrow, we never fairly recovered his line, and 

 that one little fox, like many another, had the 

 best of us, our seventeen couple of hounds, and 

 all the wisdom and science of Master and men. 



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Was a coldish grey day, but without much 



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