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Newlease, to Pile Lane, calling at Mr. Harris's 

 orchard, where an earth was closed to him, and 

 on, very slowl}^ at a walk, over some cold ground 

 to a field under Stalbridge Park wall, with some 

 large patches of gorse, out of one of which, 

 presently, up jumped our fox. A hound. Patron, 

 made a dash at him and caught him by the tip 

 of the brush, and they went on together for a 

 stride or two, till a brother hound dashed in to 

 help, and the pack made short work of him. 

 The gorses by Toomer Wall furnished another, 

 who must have been caught napping, as a very 

 short scurry settled his fate. We soon found 

 one in Spurle's Gorse, and ran down the hill, 

 away for Hill's Farm at Bowden, up to Bowden 

 Knoll, back to Spurles, and up the hill once 

 more, when he took to dodging in and out of 

 two or three fences, finally bolting into a rabbit 

 hole ; after a very short dig and a word from 

 the terrier he re-appeared, and hounds rushed 

 in and tore him out for themselves. Three foxes 

 having been accounted for, the Master wound 

 his horn for home, though the day was yet 

 young. Some snow fell in the night, which 



