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out by a pole, into hounds' mouths, at the end 

 of something like an hour. After drawing 

 various covers in the home direction, we found 

 in Cucklington Wood, and ran nicely towards 

 Rodgrove and over that beautiful flat on to 

 Stilewa}', over Cone3'gore Hill, and, bearing 

 back left-handed, he ran us out of scent, though 

 we wandered after him, picking up a faint 

 line here and there, back Rodgrove wa}^, and 

 left off in heavy rain, for a wonder, about 

 half-past four. 



April ist. — 



IMet at Stockbridge, and found a fox who 

 was no April fool himself, for, after leading us 

 a pretty gallop from the Gorse under Leweston 

 Wall towards Longburton and back, in fifteen 

 minutes, he left us altogether in Leweston 

 Wood. Spent the rest of the day in Knighton 

 Gorse, Thomford Firs, and so on, with no 

 success worth recording. 



April 2nd. — 



A small meet at Tripp's Gorse, which 



