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hounds could not carry the scent, which to-day 

 was catchy and uncertain. So, after trying to 

 pick out a line in the direction of Six Acres, 

 we had to let him be. Drew Home Bushes 

 blank, but from Bailey Ridge came out two 

 foxes ; one of which we ran sharply through 

 both Whitfields and to Conway's Gorse in 

 sixteen minutes. Here he got into a ditch, but 

 though hounds were close at him he managed to 

 give them the slip ; and though we ran him a bit 

 further by Leweston to Conwa3^'s Gorse and 

 Leweston again for an hour and fifteen minutes, 

 all told, he, too, had the best of it, and his 

 escape was further promoted by a sheep dog, 

 who gave his advice unasked. 



April 6th. — 



Hounds being thrown into Honeycombe 

 soon found a fox, and ran a very smart fifteen 

 minutes by Leweston to Beerhacket Hill, and 

 then, more slowly, through Thornford Firs and 

 along into Honeycombe ; down the hill as if for 

 Lenthay, and then up and along Honeycombe, 

 lyover's Grove, and on for North Wootton Copse ; 



