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but does not seem likely to come, and it was 

 as dry and cold as possible. The meet was at 

 Chetnole, and a fox, which we found in Carswell 

 Gorse, ran to Clifton Wood, and nearly baffled 

 us there ; but hounds hit him off again, and 

 pushed him out over the water, back by 

 Closworth, and very slowl}' to Coker's Wood, 

 and could mark him no further. Went back to 

 Chetnole and found in the Knoll, but no 

 particular sport followed, for scent got worse 

 as evening drew on, and we could make 

 nothing of it. 



March ist. — 



From Montacute no sport ensued, either, 

 there being a lack of foxes. 



March 2nd. — 



Better fortune attended us. The meet was 

 at the Kennels, and the Master moved on, soon 

 after eleven, in the direction of Compton Castle, 

 but did not get there, for hounds got on the 

 line of a fox in one of the outlying fields, and 

 ran him rather well to Sigwells, where he took 



