io8 1885. 



but hounds were liardl}^ in when a "holloa" 

 told ns of a fox in a field between it and 

 Rooksmoor. Orbell canght np his hounds and 

 galloped to it, and, settling on the line, they ran 

 through Rooksmoor and Charity Gorse, back to 

 Deadmore Common, over it, by Haydon Gorse, 

 heading for Stock; but, turning left, he was soon 

 back at Deadmore, where, after a turn round the 

 common, he was finally killed, after leading us a 

 merry run of about an hour. 



April 2nd. — 



We went to Haydon Lodge, but, as one 

 paper had advertised it Haddon Lodge, there 

 were horses and grooms all over the country. 

 Some of the mis-informed were set right by the 

 well-informed, and ten minutes' law at the meet 

 put matters straight. Haydon Gorse was drawn 

 blank, also the Windmill and Ashcombe, but a 

 brace awaited us in Ferney Down, and hounds 

 took one out by the lower end of the cover, 

 enabling us to avail ourselves of a bridge over 

 the brook ; on to Withy Tree Copse in a not very 

 straight course to Broke, and on to Folke, 



