92 1885. 



fairish field met hounds at Middlemarsh, at the 

 usual time. Not much prospect of scent to-day, 

 but it had improved in the afternoon yesterday, 

 and might be good to-day. Hounds soon spoke 

 to a fox in Prince's Wood, but were whipped 

 off, heading for the hills by Remedy. Our next 

 took us up over Silver Clump, running rather 

 weW, away into the hill country to Holcombe — - 

 where we saw the Cattistock field, but did not 

 come into collision with their pack — followed our 

 fox towards Minterne, but took the first oppor- 

 tunity of leaving the Cattistock undisturbed, 

 and returned to Middlemarsh Common. Found, 

 ran through the woods towards the White 

 Horse, and out into the open over Ford's 

 Farm, heading for Eight Acres, on merrily, 

 with the fox in view, and into the woods 

 again ; carried a weak line towards Minterne, 

 then turned back and through the woods and 

 common, to Admiral Digby's plantation, but, 

 turning back for the woods again, the Master 

 would have no more of it, and wisely stopped 

 hounds a quarter to five. An unsatisfactory, 

 scentless day. 



