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we had a race of fifteen minutes over beautiful 

 flying country by Weston Bampfylde towards 

 Marston Cover ; there our fox bore left and rose 

 the hill, leaving Gorton Gorse on his right and 

 Sigwells on his left, to Bristol's Gorse, whence 

 he turned back, and we ran up to Cadbury 

 Castle, where several foxes were on foot ; and, 

 though we went down after a time and tried a 

 square cover below, and Chapel Covers also, it 

 was with no result. Wearyall and Sparkford 

 proved blank, but better luck awaited us in 

 Marston Wood, whence a fox went away to 

 Corton Gorse and towards Sigwells; but the 

 good scent of the morning was gone, and we 

 could only walk after him, skirting Bristol's 

 Gorse and into the Wheatsheaf, where he was 

 marked to ground, and eventually was killed 

 there ; after which we went home, feeling that 

 the bright promise of the morning had not been 

 realised in the afternoon. 



April 13th. — 



We met at Totnel Corner, and found in 

 Castles ; ran well to Bide's Gorse and on to the 



