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came into Cockrow, rose the liill, and went on 

 over the open towards the Convent, where he 

 doubled back and made for Stavordale ; here, 

 evening coming on, hounds were stopped after 

 a hunting run of nearly two hours and a-half. 

 The scent had been very good in the morning, 

 but rather failed in the afternoon. 



December 17th — 



There was a large muster at Chetnole, in 

 spite of its being a foggy morning. We began 

 by running one from Calfhaj^es to Fuzzy Field 

 and into a fog, whence most of the hounds 

 were extricated, and taken through a few other 

 covers, and eventually to Sweet Hills, where 

 they found, and ran him to Admiral Digby's 

 Plantation very fast ; through it, and after one 

 turn he broke for Holnest, heading for Six 

 Acres, and at Long Plantation he turned to his 

 right, and into Long Burton Gorse ; then to 

 and through Butterwick, King's Plantation, and 

 Buckshaw Brake, where we had a check at the 

 end of forty-three delightful minutes. He was, 

 however, viewed, and hounds were soon on his 



