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draw was Rowditches, about which, and the 

 other covers, we ran for a bit, then forced him 

 out and hunted him merrily to Ferney Brick- 

 kihi and round by Ashcombe, and into the Holts 

 again, through his native Rowditches, on for 

 Caundle Brake, heading for Holwell Church, 

 where, after much patient work on the part of 

 the hounds, he had to be given up. A soaking 

 morning changed after a while to a finer 

 afternoon, but the glass was falling all day. 



February ist. — 



Found these hounds at Jack White's 

 Gibbet. At Hadspen, our first draw, we found 

 at once ; ran him to the Punchbowl, back 

 towards Galhampton, and killed just before 

 sinking the hill for Maryland. Another from 

 Hadspen managed matters better for himself, 

 for, after a turn round the covers, he out- 

 witted us. At Yarlington we found, but, for 

 want of scent, could make nothing of it, and 

 in Elscombe a few hounds chopped their fox, 

 while the rest of the pack ran to Yarlington 

 and over Clapton Earths, but, failing to make 



