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great regret on Monday. When the sad tidings 

 arrived, the hounds were killing their fox at 

 the end of a fifteen minutes' run, but the 

 Master at once ordered them home — a 

 spontaneous expression of sympathy with the 

 bereaved family which was shared by all 

 present. 



December 14th. — 



The meet was at Lydford, and, after killing 

 a bad fox in Naydens, we found another in West 

 Wood, whom a sharp hailstorm befriended. 

 Another broke from Park Wood, and we had a 

 slow, unsatisfactory run after him to Alford, 

 where he crossed the river by Barrow Covers, 

 and we worked slowly after him to Sparkford ; 

 but he had got too far ahead for us, and we 

 went home from Sparkford Wood. Brown was 

 out for a short time, but soon gave his horn 

 over to Ned's hands. 



December i6th. — 



We had a long draw from Zeals Green ; 

 as Norwood, Bagmoor, Silton, Bainley, and 



