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severe fencing, to the union of railway and 

 river under Sturminster, and back to Bagber, 

 and lost. Our next find was in that swampy 

 expanse of Deadniore Common, and from there 

 our fox took us straight, and quite fast enough, 

 to Puxe3% and then, twisting rather, to Bagber, 

 and, passing Queen Copse, we marked him to 

 ground in Golden Gate Lane ; here a fox 

 jumped up by the brook, ran sharply by 

 Queen Copse, and on for Thornhill, swung 

 right at the river, and made for Bagber Copse, 

 but did not stop there ; and, after another 

 shorter, similar turn, we lost him near Bagber 

 School. A very tiring da}^ for horses, and 

 hounds, too, but better for the foxes, who all 

 preserved their lives and brushes. 



February 5th. — 



A lovely day, and the meet was at the 

 Kennels. We found directly in Charlton Gorse, 

 and ran a race by Tennants' Wood and Maperton 

 Gorse, and to ground in Maperton Firs, in 

 very rocky soil ; so the digging partook of the 

 nature of quarrying, and the Master did not 



