286 1887. 



and the hounds close after him, so he ran on 

 to the railroad for a few yards, then turning 

 right he came back to the cover, through it, 

 and out as if for Ashington. But his heart 

 failed him, and he came back again into 

 Waindles. He was soon viewed out, and about 

 two fields over the road hounds ran into him 

 in an orchard, and, though too late in the year 

 for apple sauce, ate him with the better sauce 

 of appetite after their forty-three minutes' run. 



January 22nd. — 



A large field met at Copse House. Our 

 first find was in Toomer Gorse, whence a fox 

 was viewed away heading for Broadsell. Hounds 

 were soon on the line, and ran well by Spurles 

 to Bowden Gorses, where he turned and ran a 

 ring through both Spurles and back to Bowden 

 Gorses, where he remained. But he is not there 

 now. Having eaten him, we moved on to 

 Caundle Brake, where we found a good fox. 

 Hounds ran him to and through Frith, out 

 over the fields below to Doles, and down to 

 the Manor House at Purse Caundle ; thence 



