112 i885. 



thence we went on by the Park to Haydon 

 Copse and by Ashcombe, and back to Snagg's 

 Harbour, and lost. This was cheery and 

 pleasant, and there seemed a fair amount of 

 scent; but there was little or none in the 

 afternoon, two hours of which we spent running 

 rings, and changing foxes, between Ridgestall, 

 Honeycombe, and Knighton Gorse, and finally 

 ran one to ground, who stayed there, for the 

 earth he had selected was too large and deep 

 to dig. 



April 7th. — 



We met at Jack White's Gibbet, and, 

 having drawn Hadspen blank, we found a fox in 

 Lily Wood and ran him towards Hadspen, and 

 over Mr. Maidment's hill, sharp back to 

 Yarlington, and lost. We found another in 

 Yarlington, but did nothing with him ; and, 

 after drawing another cover or two, we found 

 a real good one under Waddon Down, and ran 

 him with a burning scent away to Yarlington ; 

 swinging round to Elscombe, leaving it on 

 the right, and on towards Wincanton, and to 



