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Redlynch. A fox was on foot directly in 

 Moor Wood, and the music through the first 

 half of the cover was beautiful, but, something 

 having headed and turned the fox, hounds 

 over-ran the scent, and it was a minute or two 

 before they re-gained it, only to lose it again. 

 The Master then took them outside the cover, 

 where they directl}^ hit the line, aud w^e had a 

 pretty ring in the open towards Walk, before 

 returning to the cover, where, hitting a double 

 line, we failed to see more of our hunted one. 

 From here we went away to draw Mr. White's 

 withybed, whence a fox broke, and hounds went 

 away on a twisting line, hardly an}' one with 

 them, till just before they marked him to ground 

 in a field of Mr. Hastment's, close to Round 

 Hill, where a short dig, and a hungry pack, 

 settled his fate. After this we did not find 

 again. Round Hill Covers and Leeks Hill 

 proving blank ; so we trotted home in the usual 

 rain, though a fine morning had deluded us 

 almost into the belief that there was an 

 exception to the rule. Lord Weymouth was 

 out to-day from Longleat. 



