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foot, close to the wire fence which divides the 

 woods ; and, honnds settling down on one, ran 

 him to the top of the wood across the main side, 

 where he was viewed by Charlie, thence to the 

 Snmmer-house, on, over the Bridgwater Road, 

 over Compton Hollow, past Carey Corner into 

 Brnsh ; rnnning the ridge of the hill at the edge 

 of Copley Wood, he tried the main earths, where 

 there was no admittance. So on he went, 

 throngh Lord Ilchester's long wood, then, taking 

 a tnrn to the right, he snnk the Vale close to the 

 Somerton Rifle Range, over Littleton Hill, and 

 throngh the wood, straight for the River Carey, 

 He and the honnds swam it mid-way between 

 Somerton and Eastham Bridge ; the field bore to 

 the right, crossing the latter, and watched the 

 pack going over Bradleigh Hill. We followed 

 them, overtaking them near Lord Ilchester's 

 yonng larch plantation. After some slow 

 hunting, on the left of Somerton Door, over a 

 fine wild country, where the cry of hounds had 

 never been heard by mortal man, we ran to 

 ground in Park Wood, in some large earths, 

 where digging was out of the question. The 



