3i6 1887. 



something in liis eye, left ns to go home, and 

 the Master assumed the horn. We went then 

 to the Holts, and, finding in Rowditches, 

 ran hard b}^ Marsh Copse and Buckshaw Brake, 

 across the river, and back by Fontleroi to 

 Rowditches again, where his family helped to 

 save his brush, and, by their numbers, succeeded 

 in doing so ; and certainly the luck lay with 

 the foxes. 



March 9th. — 



From Henstridge Ash the Master took his 

 pack to Nyland, where we found directly ; a too 

 eager field went away on the back of the fox, 

 omitting the hounds, so the Master would not go 

 on, on this line, though it promised to be a good 

 one. Prior's Down way (and the run, by the way, 

 was enjoyed by the Second Whip and one hound, 

 who both got to Prior's Down before they could 

 stop each other). Meantime, another fox went 

 away at a good pace for Temple Lane and the 

 Upper Nyland Withybed, through it, back to the 

 lower wood, and out of it directly, heading for 

 the Cale River, which we crossed by a useful 



