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March 26th.— 



From Stockbridge we had an excellent day. 

 We found in Whitfield, but did but little with 

 a first fox there. The second, also, we soon ran 

 to ground near Beerhacket, dug and enlarged 

 him ; but he was bent on destruction, and, going 

 to ground the second time nearer Yetminster, 

 hounds did him the favour of eating him. We 

 then went to Bailey Ridge, whence a good fox 

 took us towards Yetminster first, but he turned 

 sharp back at the brook, and ran by the river 

 side to Winterhayes, nearly into Chetnole ; 

 thence he turned left and worked towards 

 Bailey Ridge and on to Whitfield, whence, after 

 a little delay — hounds getting on a double line 

 — he was forced out on the Leweston side to the 

 Withybed, when he was viewed, and they ran 

 him very prettily into the wood, through it, and 

 into the gorse, on under the wall to Lillington 

 Wood and into Honeycombe, where about five 

 o'clock we had to leave him to his own devices, 

 having been running for about two hours. The 

 scent was fair, but a strong westerly wind, with 

 occasional showers, rather interfered with it. 



