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were on the alert by this time, and he did not 

 wait for us. The day was fine and calm, but 

 scent only middling. 



November nth. — 



Found the Master and his pack at Cogley 

 at the usual hour. A good many foxes were 

 soon on foot, and it was a difficult matter to 

 settle down to any one without changing. Six 

 or seven there were at least, and the hounds 

 finally stuck well to one, running him to ground 

 in the cover hedge by the water. After digging 

 a short time he accepted the notice to quit, and 

 bolted, taking the hounds another sharp scurry 

 of twenty minutes before he laid down his life in 

 the same brook a little higher up. 



November 12th. — 



A largish meet at Chetnole, including some 

 strangers. We found a fox in the knoll and ran 

 him fast up the hill towards Melbury, left Lord 

 Ilchester's Park on our left, and went on, 

 carrying a good head through Melbury Osmond 

 and Lewcombe, and then, the hounds running 



