1 886. 273 



trot to Chetnole, where Calfhayes and the 

 Knoll were drawn blank, was followed by a find 

 in Bailey Ridge. This fox gave us a very 

 good hunting run, at no great pace, by Home 

 Bushes, and he had a narrow shave in the 

 gorsy end of it, finding himself in the middle 

 of hounds. But he slipped through them, and 

 made for Whitfield, ran the length of it, out, 

 heading for Knighton, leaving the gorse on 

 his right, and on into Honeycombe ; along it, 

 across the Sherborne Road, and into Sherborne 

 Park, where he yet may be, for at half-past 

 three or so we left him ; having been at him 

 for over an hour and a-half. 



December 4th. — 



We met at the Kennels, and after some 

 unsatisfactory work in the morning, a long 

 slow hunting run followed from Spurle's Cover, 

 by Bverlanes, to Milborne Port Station, down 

 to Milborne Wick, towards Combe Hill, when 

 he turned again, and so on. The interest of 

 the day lay in the persevering patient work 

 of the hounds and the admirable way in 



T 



