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blauk ; also all the Alford Covers — a long and 

 disappointing afternoon's work. 



April 7th. — 



Was a wild and windy day ; and not 

 nian}^ faced the weather at Stonrton Inn. Nor 

 was there mnch to record, as the scent was so 

 bad, and the storms so freqnent, that none of 

 the foxes, thongh they were w^ell rattled 

 throngh the woods, could be brought to hand. 



April 8th. - 



We did better at Five Bridges, on 

 Thursda}^ when a largish field met at that 

 time-honoured spot and trotted up the hill to 

 Fifehead Magdalen. Hounds were scarcely in 

 the cover before a fox was awa}^ and gave us 

 a short turn round ; saving its brush, however. 

 We next found at the Withybed ; the fox and 

 hounds swimming the river, the field had to 

 ride round by the bridges, most of them 

 choosing the right-hand one by Fifehead Mill, 

 galloping up into Marnhull, where we re-joined 

 the pack, who were running well, through the 



