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made it tliorouglily enjoyable. The Cattistock 

 Hounds were out on their hills, and at one 

 time we were very near them, some of our fields 

 getting mixed for a time. 



April 14th. — 



Found a small party at the door of Butleigh 

 Court at 11.30, the meet being half-an-hour 

 late to allow of the Master and his hounds 

 arriving at Glastonbury by train. The first 

 draw was Park Wood, a tempting cover over- 

 looking the Lydford countr}^, but, unluckily, the 

 usual tenant was from home. We trotted back 

 past the house and drew the Butleigh Woods, 

 and soon found in Mr. Neville- Grenville's side 

 of them. The fox broke cover directly, and, 

 crossing the Glastonbury Road, ran for Dundon 

 Down, a sort of combe in the woods, and they 

 ran him beautifully, never leaving the line for 

 forty minutes, to Lord Ilchester's Wood, where 

 he turned and came back, finally getting to 

 ground in Callow Wood under the roots of an 

 old oak tree. "Now, where's Mr. Gladstone?" 

 asked a rustic, as the destruction of property 



