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went on for Rimpton, over Park Farm at 

 Marston, and on to the hill where we had 

 fonnd him. There were two lines here, and 

 honnds divided, so the fox saw his chance and 

 got awa}' — probabl}' into Trent Gully, where 

 the earths were open. A fine warm day, and 

 the scent, which was bad in the morning, 

 improved as the day wore on, 



April i6th.— 



At eleven o'clock, a good field were 

 assembled at Fontleroi. We had a long trot 

 to Bntterwick, which was blank, but found in 

 Longburton Gorse, close by, and ran to Six 

 Acres and Stockbridge and the Holnest Covers, 

 and, leaving Berkele}^ Gorse on the right, to 

 Butterwick and Broke, and on for F'erney 

 Down ; this was thirty-seven minutes, best 

 pace, and here we had an unlucky check, by 

 which the fox got a-head of us, and, taking a 

 turn to his right, ran back through Butterwick 

 and Ivongburton Gorse, and the Stockbridge 

 Covers, and into Whitfield, in an hour and a 

 half from the find. The hunted fox was viewed 



