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and pretty fast to the Common Plantation, 

 which was soon alive with the music of hounds 

 as they ran him merrily round and round ; he 

 was not the only one there, either. They forced 

 him out on the Stal bridge side, and ran a short 

 ring towards that town, and back to the cover, 

 which he presently left on the Bagber side, and 

 down to the railway and back once more to 

 cover, out over the Marnhull Road, and to 

 ground in a bank ; when hounds soon dislodged 

 and ate him. Our next came out of Jericho, 

 and ran through Thornhill Wood fast towards 

 Bagber Bridge, over some of our good old- 

 fashioned Dorsetshire doubles, but was unluckily 

 headed, and turned short back in front of 

 hounds, who raced him in full view almost to 

 Thornhill Wood again. This he hurried 

 through, and ran to the Three Boars' Heads ; 

 turning short back and bearing a little for 

 Warrbridge, he crossed the river, and hounds 

 pulled him down on a gorsey slope on the 

 other side. This was a short, twisting, but fast 

 and enjoyable gallop, of about half-an-hour's 

 duration, and then we went contentedly home. 



