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out as if for Podimore, then back to Annis 

 Hills and away, very fast, almost to 

 Speckington ; thence, bearing sharply to the 

 right, he went to Podimore Moor, and bore on 

 as if for Kingsdon, finally going to ground, 

 after a fifty-minutes' run, in a long drain 

 between Kingsdon and Northover. A gallant 

 young hound, Paradox, went into the drain 

 after him, and as it was very long and partly 

 full of water it was not easy to get him out ; 

 but, after some trouble, both hound and fox 

 were extricated, and though the former was 

 much exhausted and bitten he was not 

 seriously injured, and enjoyed a morsel of his 

 enemy as much as his brothers did, before 

 starting for the long trot home. 



February 17th. — 



The same cold grey east wind prevailing, 

 we met hounds at Bishop's Caundle, and 

 drawing Lanes found directly in that excellent 

 little cover. We ran first towards Stourton 

 Caundle, and then up to the Holts, and to 

 Mr. Spicer's house, and lost him there after a 



