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near Horlock, Out he had to come, but 

 in he went again, a little nearer Wincanton. 

 Leaving experts to dig him out, we went on 

 to Stoke Trister and found a fox — probably 

 a hunted one, from the ease with which 

 he succumbed. Having disposed of him in 

 the usual way, we found again directly in 

 Cucklington Wood, and ran a ring by Writh 

 and Shanks, where he turned left and made 

 for Hunters' Lodge and back again to the 

 Stoke Trister hangings, where we lost him ; 

 and this, our last fox, retained his brush. 



March 8th.— 



There was a largish gathering at Fontleroi, 

 whence Marsh Copse was drawn blank, also 

 Ferney Down, but the wily fox was at home at 

 Broke, and heard us coming. Hounds soon got 

 on his line, though, and ran him well over 

 Butterwick Common, the Stockbridge Covers, 

 and to Leweston Wood, in twenty-three minutes ; 

 thence on by Green Lane and North Wootton 

 Copse, and into Sherborne Park, wherein our 

 fox escaped us, as did also Brown, who, having 



