338 1887. 



Gibbet. A fox was quickly on foot from Lily 

 Wood, and we ran him merrily to the Manor 

 Farm, under Bratton. Here he retired into 

 a drain to recover his wind, but, being quickly 

 bolted, he ran to Dean's Bush, and two fields 

 outside of it he yielded up his brush. Our 

 next find was in Yarlington Wood, whence he 

 ran to the main earths and tried to scratch 

 his way in ; but hounds didn't give him the 

 necessary time, and he turned into their 

 mouths, almost, but escaped and ran back 

 down the gully ; and, leaving the covers to his 

 right, went away as if for Maperton, and 

 thence ran fast and well over a good hunting 

 country, with fences of every description to 

 amuse and thin out his followers, to Tennants' 

 Wood, on as if for Charlton Wood, but, 

 keeping it and Charlton Gorse also on his 

 left, went straight across the valley for 

 Compton Castle, up and down the woods, one 

 turn out and in again, and he had the best of 

 it, for hounds got off the line and could not 

 recover it. This run was about fifty minutes, 

 at a fair hunting pace. 



