2o6 1886. 



past Martin's Copse, to the Templecombe 

 Woods, and on to Stowell Village, where, an 

 unwelcome cur interfering, we lost him at the 

 end of a very pretty run of an hour and four 

 minutes. 



February 23rd. — 



A large field met at Sparkford Inn. A 

 small cover at Hazelgrove, and Yarcombe, being 

 drawn blank, the order was given for Babcary. 

 A longish trot took us there, and we were 

 rewarded by a find, for a brace were waiting 

 for us, and we went away, but with moderate 

 scent, towards Charlton Adam, by Cary Fitz- 

 paine, to Podimore Moor, through the Bushes, 

 and on to the edge of the river at Yeovilton, 

 and lost. Whether our fox committed suicide 

 in the river or not I cannot say, but some 

 suspected him of it. We next found at Chilton 

 Cantelo in the laurels near the house, and had 

 a fair forty minutes in that flat flying country 

 in the direction of Annis Hills, and back by 

 Park Farm, Marston, and towards Mudford, 

 finally losing him near the railway at Hummer 



