i84 1886. 



in fortj^-five minutes. Here lie was viewed, 

 and we thought we should have him, but a 

 check occurred, and he was headed, and, to 

 make a long story short, lost. We found 

 another in Cucklington Wood just as we thought 

 it was drawn blank, for the cover is very thick, 

 and takes close and careful drawing. We ran 

 sharply across the open to Pen Forest, and 

 thence hunted a short running line between it 

 and Charlton Musgrove and Blackslough, finally 

 running him to ground in a cellar of an unused 

 house called Forest Lodge, whence he was dug 

 and eaten. A good day's sport, with some 

 pretty and patient hunting. 



January 29th. — 



We met at Totnel Corner. Drew all 

 Chetnole and the surrounding covers without 

 a whimper, but in Common Plantation we found 

 our first fox, and ran with a bad scent to the 

 hills, and along them to Remedy, and down to 

 the Grange Woods, where the Master had hounds 

 stopped, having heard that the Cattistock had 

 just run into them. We then found in Bide's 



