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Coombe Hill, but did not find till we got to the 

 shrubberies at Ven ; and here we believe a fox 

 committed suicide in the stream, as he was seen 

 to jump in surrounded by hounds and never 

 re-appeared. We found another fox in Hanover, 

 who ran up and down the cover, the hounds 

 making lovely music through the hanging wood, 

 and back again ; but the fox thought discretion 

 the better part of valour, and sought refuge in 

 a rabbit hole, whence he was soon dislodged, 

 and served for supper for the pack, who then 

 went home. 



March 22nd. — 



The meet was at Pulhani, and, having 

 drawn Ponting's Gorse blank, we went on to 

 Rooksmoor, where we soon found. A good fox 

 broke on the far side and went away for the 

 hill above Deadmore, turning down to that 

 common, through it, and along the flat to 

 Lydlinch Brickfields, where, however, he turned 

 sharp back and made the best of his way to 

 Haydon Gorse ; crossing Lydlinch Brook to 

 Rooksmoor, and on to Charity Gorse. From 



