3o8 1887. 



round at tlie School, and, running down over 

 the river, went to Stalbridge Common Plantation, 

 then back, Thornhill way, to Bagber Copse ; 

 here he swung left for King's Mill Withybed, 

 where he crossed the river and made for 

 Marnhull. Here he roused a fresh fox, a mean 

 expedient to save his brush, in which he 

 succeeded, and the fresh one also got off scot 

 free, for, having run for about three hours, we 

 left off, rather late, and rode home — a good many 

 of us with muddy coats. 



February 24th. — 



We met at Jack White's Gibbet, and found 

 in Hadspen. Ran very hard and fast for fifteen 

 minutes for Yarlington Church, just short of 

 which our fox declined to join the sport any 

 further, and disappeared in a sandy hillside. 

 He was dug out, and, before any one could help 

 it, hounds had him, and another, and were 

 rolling down the steep bank altogether in mixed 

 confusion ; much to the surprise of a man whom 

 they bowled over and rolled on with them. 

 Yarlington was not exhausted after this, for a 



