3IO 1887. 



We then had a long trot back to Badbury 

 Cover, where we found directly, and ran by 

 Haydon Gorse to Puxey, back to Deadmore, 

 Rooksmoor, and Lydlinch, whence he headed 

 back to Haydon Gorse, and forfeited his brush 

 there, very near where he started from about 

 an hour before. 



February 26th. — 



The sport began at one Compton (Nether) 

 and ended at another (Compton Castle). Potter's 

 Lease was blank, but Charley was at home in 

 Farmer Stacey's turnips, and almost directly 

 hounds divided, one pack killing their fox, the 

 other running to ground ; but both were realised. 

 No foxes in Trent, but one from Rimpton Hill 

 obliged us with a run, through Marston Cover 

 to Littleton Hill, and into the laurels at 

 Compton Castle, where, as I said before, we 

 left off. 



February 28th.— 



Scent has been bad all this week, so I have 

 not much sport to record. Rain would do good, 



