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sportsman, Mr. Rogers, was out to see his 

 foxes found. The first one broke from the 

 wood by the house, and, heading first for Jack 

 White's Gibbet, changed his mind and bore left 

 for Hadspen, where we lost him. But presently 

 we found another in Hadspen, w^ho took us to 

 Yarlington Church, and then took himself off, 

 for we could neither see nor hear of him again. 

 A very young litter were found in Lily Wood 

 when we got there, but, young as they were, 

 they were keenl}^ alive to the necessity of self 

 preservation, and, one of the number being 

 deputed by the others to cut out the work, ran 

 over Bratton Hill, and by Waddon Down, to 

 Blscombe, where he persuaded a friend to take 

 up the running and give him a rest. A turn 

 or two more to Dean's Bush and Holbrook, and 

 Lattiford, finished a very wet day. 



November 6th. — 



The weather had not improved, when the 

 Master had a long and disappointing da}^ from 

 Hunter's Lodge, in the Stourton Woods. The 

 wind and rain were masters of the occasion ; 



