1885. 95 



March 19th. 



Things had not yet assumed a more cheerful 

 aspect, as our meet was at a Gibbet, but when 

 at the worst they generally take a turn, and 

 we had not long left Jack White's historical 

 corner when we found a fox in Yarlington 

 Wood, and ran him up over the hill for 

 Woolston, whence he turned and made straight 

 for Maperton Earths, on to the Gorse, and to 

 Tennants' Wood. Here we had a little delay, 

 but soon went on, either with the hunted one 

 or a fresh find, over Maperton Earths, off to 

 Cheriton Wood, round outside Charlton Gorse, 

 whence he swung back for Tennants' Wood, 

 through it and on past Maperton Gorse, back 

 to Yarlington Wood, where we had some very 

 slow and delicate hunting, as scent was very 

 uncertain, but hounds managed to keep on 

 the line, and, having run a sort of loop 

 from the cover and into it again, they forced 

 him out, up over the hill to Dean's Copse ; 

 out of this, heading for Waddon Down, and 

 here our fox had lain down in the middle 01 

 a fallow to rest, but had not waited quite long 



