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bridge ; aud then had a most lovel}- gallop, 

 straight and fast, for forty-three minutes, towards 

 Buckhom Weston. At the end of this time 

 hounds suddenl}' threw up, just as a sportsman 

 joined us from the right, and said there was a 

 dead fox 13'ing in the green lane hard b}-. And, 

 by degrees, it dawned upon ever3'body that it 

 would be M^ell to mention it to the blaster, 

 especiall}' as another gentleman had rode up and 

 remarked that he had seen a single hound jump 

 out of the hedge after it, bowl it over, kill it, 

 and run off, modestly sa3'ing nothing about it, to 

 join the pack. This hound was Woffington, 

 This was really a prettj^ gallop, and another was 

 in store for us, for, getting by degrees back to 

 Inwood, a fox went well away for Martin's Wood, 

 Bowden, Spurles, to East Hill and Crendles ; 

 back to Broadsell and Toomer Wall, over it, 

 and now, hunting more slowl}', he headed for 

 Henstridge Ash, and we eventually marked our 

 fox to ground in a garden in the village, and, 

 with the help of spade and terrier, completed the 

 brace, which made the day's total. IMr. D. 

 Collins and Mr. Walter Shaw-Stewart were out. 



