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hounds were drawing Rooksmoor Drove, and 

 away we went to the sound of the horn, over 

 Charity Gorse, where we turned left and went 

 for Hazelbury, turning left again into Deadmore, 

 on to the Lydlinch end of it ; thence to Bagber 

 Brickyard, right along Puxey Drove, and by 

 the top of Bagber Hill down to Newton Bridge, 

 but not over it, for our fox bore left a little 

 way along the river, and then crossed; his 

 followers finding a fordable place, luckily, and 

 on down to the Mill. The fencing had been 

 frequent and big, and had thinned out the field 

 very considerably, and, but for handy roads, 

 very few would have been with hounds b}' this 

 time. On we went, after a breathing time here, 

 and into Piddles Wood, a quick turn round 

 and out again to Hyles, towards Whitmore, 

 where he was viewed close in front of hounds, 

 and slowly on to Belchalwell, almost, and 

 back to Piddles Wood, where he went to 

 ground ; and there he still may be, for, being 

 out of their country, there could be no digging. 

 The first fort}^ minutes up to the wood was 

 an old-fashioned run, over a fine line of 



