124 1885. 



April 27th. — 



We met at Westhill Gate and found in 

 Honey combe. There were two foxes — one was 

 chopped, and we ran the other through the wood 

 out past the meet, through Green Lane, and over 

 the brook towards Folke, and thence to Broke, 

 where he twisted about the fields a bit between it 

 and Ferney Down ; here we got a view at him, 

 and ran nicely as if for Butterwick, but, turning 

 right, he came back to Broke, where he hung 

 some minutes, and we finally lost him after 

 having hunted him for forty minutes, more or 

 less. We drew some of the Sherborne Park 

 Covers next, finding in Crackmore. He came 

 away towards Ven, into the Withybed, and about 

 the Shrubberies, and was left there. It was a 

 day in which it was a pleasure to be out, with 

 scent enough to hunt, though not to kill ; but the 

 enjoyment was marred by the news that Lord 

 Digby had had a fall in Butterwick and had 

 broken a rib. 



April 28th.— 



Found us all at Jack White's Gibbet, 



