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there as soon as hounds were put into cover. 

 He went away by Round Hill for Littleton and 

 then to Sigwells, but without waiting there he 

 made his way on to Gorton Hill, and down 

 it, leaving Gorton Gorse on his left to Mr. 

 Harding's farm, where we had a check — very 

 convenient for some of us who were behind, as 

 Gorton Hill is not always a pleasant place to 

 slide and scramble down in a hurry. The 

 scent, though fair, was not brilliant, and hounds 

 could not hit it off again ; so, having had news 

 of him, the Master trotted off to Gadbury 

 Rings, where we found our friend afresh, and 

 for seventeen minutes ran him again towards 

 Sparkford Inn and killed him, at the end of, all 

 told, an hour and fifteen minutes, A " holloa " 

 here took us on to another fox, whom we ran to 

 Sigwells and killed. We drew then some more 

 covers — Bristol Gorse, the Wheatsheaf, and so 

 on — but did not find till we got to Gharlton 

 Wood, from which we ran a ring by Gharlton 

 Gorse and back, and then to Gheriton and 

 Templecombe Woods, to Westwood, and towards 

 Stowell Quarr}', and lost, about fifty minutes 



