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the born to Ned ; tlieii, bearing left, be ran over 

 tbe open to Bishop's Canndle, and, after a slight 

 check there, we got on the line again, and 

 worked him slowly into the Holts, where, 

 darkness favouring him, we had to leave him, 

 after a good day's sport. 



December nth. — 



We had an indifferent day from Haddon 

 Lodge. Found a fox at once in Biddleconibe, 

 raced past Plumley to Caundle Brake, and into 

 Frith, where he got a temporary advantage, and 

 we took a turn round while he waited for us 

 in Copse House, where we joined him. He 

 jumped the Stalbridge Park wall and got into 

 the wood. From there we had a sharp turn on 

 the Toomer side, into the Park again, and out 

 as quickly, beading down the hill and to 

 ground in the gorsey field outside Frith, dug 

 into a stony drain, and ate him and went home. 



December 13th. — 



The news of the death of the Hon. 

 Almarus Digby was received in the field with 



