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and, after running through Wearyall, was 

 despatched in Chapel Cover. The rest of the 

 day was spent in a sharp chase from Wearyall 

 to Cadbury Castle, where we whipped off. We 

 were very glad to have seen to-day a show of 

 foxes that promised sport for the future. 



January 5th. — 



We went to Buckhorn Weston, which 

 seemed a rallying point, so many members of 



the Bast Dorset and South Wilts Hunts being 



present, besides our own field. We trotted off 



to Sandley, where we found directly, and fox and 



hounds went away as if they meant it, straight 



for Thorngrove ; before getting there, however, 



Mr. George Gordon met with a heavy fall, but 



happily broke no bones. From Thorngrove he 



bent a little right-handed, and we crossed the 



S.W. Railway, and then the Stour by a useful 



bridge near Bccliffe Mill, the fox in view ; 



thence he went on straight away for Hunger 



Hill, and across the Gillingham Road on to 



Highgrove, hounds carrying the line beautifully, 



though not as fast as at first ; on over the 



