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November i6th. — 



The meet was Thorn Coffin, and from there 

 we had a longish trot to the distant spinnies 

 near Tintinhnll, where, unfortunately, the object 

 we sought was wanting. So re-traced our steps 

 to Vagg, drawing first a pit near the farm, and 

 then the cover, where we routed a fox from his 

 seclusion, only to run him straight to ground in 

 the main earths. Another, from Waindles, 

 would not do much more for us, as he ran three 

 fields only, in the direction of Great L-yde, after 

 which he was seen (or smelt) no more. From 

 Ashington we ran a right-hand crescent by 

 Liniington Warren ; but the glass, as we found 

 when we got home, was steadily falling, which 

 accounted for the want of scent. 



November 17th. — 



The falling glass, as usual, brought the rain, 

 and it accompanied us to Butleigh, where the 

 Master and the Pack arrived about half-past 

 eleven, having come by train. Park Wood was 

 blank, but circumstances were different in the 

 big Butleigh Woods, where a brace were soon on 



