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at Hinton, losing our fox near Mr. Harvey's 

 house in consequence of a heavy shower, 

 which cooled the air and damped our ardour. 

 We trotted off from here to Stalbridge 

 Common Plantation, which has given us a 

 good run before now this season, but was not 

 yet over-taxed, for we had not stood long at 

 the cross-roads ere we saw a fine-looking fox 

 steal away for Hargrove Farm, and away we 

 went after him, past the farm, on under 

 Thornhill, heading for Warrbridge, crossing 

 the river by an "indifferent bad" ford, and 

 pointing for Lydlinch ; leaving Bagber on the 

 left they went on with a great head by 

 Lydlinch Withybed and past Haydon Gorse, 

 towards Badbury and into Deadmore Common, 

 where he ran a short ring ; but, being hard 

 pressed by the hounds, who were running as if 

 glued to their fox, he went away again in the 

 direction of Brickies, which he left close on his 

 right ; his end, though, was near, for hounds ran 

 into and killed him in the very small spinney 

 between it and Six Mead. The run was a race, 

 and but few were in it, though those who 



