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Gorse and ran to tlie hills, and down again to 

 Paper Hill Copse, and ont on the side of the 

 hills, bnt, Inckily, turned back to Bide's, and 

 on, leaving Castles on the left ; and though we 

 were close to him in a farm building he made 

 good his escape and again got into the recesses 

 of Bide's Gorse, where the extreme want of 

 scent compelled us to leave him. 



January 30th. — 



Found a small field assembled in a thick 

 rain at Tripp's Limekiln. We found almost 

 directly in Tripp's Gorse, and ran slowly towards 

 Windmill Hill, and on into Snagg's Harbour, 

 North Wootton Copse, and back to Snagg's ; 

 and after walking after him with very little 

 scent for about an hour, hounds triumphantly 

 marked him to ground in a trip under a gateway 

 at Alweston. A spade and a terrier soon 

 dislodged him, and cold and damp had been his 

 lodging. We then found one in Ashcombe ; 

 ran to Tripp's, on into the Holts, out towards 

 Lanes, and, like his predecessor, he, too, went to 

 ground in a trip, and shared his fate. Our next 



