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in tlie cover, but hounds were taken on to a 

 "holloa" to Bailey Ridge, and by Totnel, to 

 Bide's Gorse, where there were two foxes on 

 foot ; the body of the pack went on to the 

 hills, and slowly on to Cerne Park Wood, 

 where they were whipped off in heavy hail- 

 storms, and had a long way home, but Lord 

 Digby's hospitality at Minterne greatly refreshed 

 them. 



April 17th. — 



The sixth day of a good week's sport 

 began at the Kennels, and, though Charlton 

 Gorse and Tennants' Wood and Brake, were 

 blank, we found in the hanging gorse close to 

 Maperton Gorse, past which we ran, and over 

 the earths, and away, heading for Holton, where 

 we had a check, but, crossing two roads, 

 recovered the line and ran to ground in a 

 garden in Cheriton in fifteen minutes. The 

 fox had run up a sluice drain between two 

 ponds ; the contents of the upper one being 

 let down upon him, he took a good look at 

 us, but, not liking the appearance of things. 



