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had bethought itself that we were still in the 

 month of March, and had, therefore, for the 

 sake of consistenc}-, re-settled itself in the north- 

 east. But it was not blowing hard, and there 

 seemed a likelihood of some scent, which the 

 events of the day realised. The meet, a large 

 one, was at Thornford Village, and from there 

 we trotted straight to Whitfield, always a sure 

 find ; nor did it fail us to-day. Our fox went 

 away gamely for Tipples first. There he 

 turned, and, coming back to Whitfield, ran 

 from there to Home Bushes and Gordon's 

 Gorse, on to Gallpits, and over Sweethills 

 Common and Totnel Corner, and to Bide's 

 Gorse, in fifty-five minutes from the find. But 

 hounds, I believe, had divided shortly before 

 that, for we went back to a point where Bob 

 had stopped three or four couple, and, recover- 

 ing the line, went up to the Knoll at Chetnole 

 and out, heading for Melbury Bubb, a sharp 

 turn to the left, and hounds ran into him and 

 killed at the end of two hours and forty 

 minutes. This was a really satisfactory sporting 

 run, the first part fast enough to please the 



