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March 6th. — 



A smaller field met at West Hill Gate, and 

 we went to draw Green Lane, whence a fox had 

 stolen away, and we stole after him ; but with an 

 indifferent scent, which got worse the further 

 we went. Our course la}^ past Westhall into 

 Leweston Park, out at the Lodge and into it 

 again, and on towards Whitfield. Here it was 

 evident we could do no good with him, so we 

 went back, and, after running the hounds 

 through Snagg's Harbour, we found another fox 

 in North Wootton Copse, who, running through 

 Sherborne Park, sought the wooded shelters of 

 Honey combe only to die, for he went to ground 

 at the low end of the wood, and was soon bolted 

 and eaten. This last effort of his occupied some 

 twenty-five minutes. We found another in 

 Honeycombe, who ran well to Thornford, and 

 then away to Lenthay Moor, and to our despair 

 we soon saw hounds fleeting away on the other 

 side of the river, quite out of our reach, the 

 " silver streak " being too much for our jumping 

 powers. All we could do was to gallop to the 

 bridge, while hounds raced to Rocksley, and to 



