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here he led us, more slowly, to Deadmore 

 again, whence a deer went away before the 

 hounds, who took no notice of him, but gave 

 all their attention to a "holloa" which called 

 them back to Rooksmoor, and thence, more 

 slowly still, to Brickies, over Lydlinch Common, 

 for Ricketts; thence to Hollow Hill, and between 

 Hollow Hill and Thornhill he came to hand. 

 The first part of the run was extremely tr3ang 

 to horses and hounds, owing to the warmth 

 of the day, the excessively heavy holding 

 state of the ground, and the pace, which was 

 good for the first thirty minutes. After the 

 hounds had enjoyed their fox we moved on, 

 and, though many first horses had had 

 enough, several stayed on and saw a few 

 more covers drawn blank, and another fox 

 killed in the Stock Home Wood before going 

 home. 



March 23rd. — 



Found a good field assembled at Marston 

 Magna, and a long trot took us to Podimore, 

 where we found nothing, and turned our steps 



