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January 20th, 1887. — 



The frost being at last fairly out of the 

 groiind, hunting began again in the Middle- 

 marsh Woods. We found a fox in Gore Wood, 

 and, running him through Princes Wood and 

 Remedy, he rose the hill to Upcerne Wood, 

 took a turn on the Downs, and came down to 

 Minterne and back into the Grange Woods, 

 and lost. Had a short run after another from 

 Hillfield, and lost him on the hills. During 

 this gallop we caught sight of another pack of 

 hounds, which proved to be the South Dorset. 

 Avoiding them the Master sank the hill again, 

 and presently got on the line of a travelling 

 fox, and, as luck would have it, he must needs 

 run up the hill again. So up we went once 

 more, only to lose him at Minterne Mill, and 

 from here, we thought, we were going home. 

 But it was not to be, for in another minute 

 up came the other pack again hard after their 

 fox, who crossed close behind us, and away 

 went the whole pack, scoring to cry, and both 

 together they rattled their fox to Minterne 

 Clump, down the hill for Eight Acres, and 



