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twisting run, finding himself at last in Lanes, 

 where was a large family of his first cousins, 

 who fled in all directions, hounds sticking to the 

 hunted one, whom they finally forced out, and 

 the river being in flood he retired to a rabbit 

 earth on its shores, where the hounds themselves 

 unearthed him and another besides, a third being 

 allowed to make good his escape to the cover. 



November 30th. — 



The hounds met at Over Compton House, 

 and found their first fox in Nether Compton, 

 running him towards Combe Farm, but, from 

 lack of scent, he was soon lost. Indeed, there 

 was no sport to-day, for, though another was 

 found in Potter's Lease, the line he took was all 

 over the ploughs, and, after some slow, per- 

 severing hunting, he, too, was left alone. 



December ist. — 



We had better sport. The meet was at the 

 Kennels, and we went straight to the Temple- 

 combe Woods, where we found and lost. Then 

 we went to the Hull Gully Plantation, whence 



