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heading for Bagber, somewhere near which he 

 ran us out of scent ; and, a second hour or rather 

 more, proving enough for all, home was the word. 



December 19th. — 



The meet Avas at Mr. Mildmay's house at 

 Hazlegrove, and, after running hounds through 

 the little spinnies round the Park, they were 

 put into Yarcombe, and soon a whimper raised 

 our hopes for another good run from that 

 generally fortunate cover. But to-day the fox 

 was not so minded ; he came out on the wrong 

 side, and went the wrong way, running only to 

 Queen Camel Quarr}' and back. Hounds, then, 

 drawing for an outlying fox on the wa}^ went 

 on towards Wearyall, whence a fox of the same 

 unpatriotic character only ran to the Withybed 

 and back, and out again and to ground near 

 Galhampton Gully. We were then " holloaed " 

 to another fox, whom we ran for about twenty 

 minutes fairly well, till he, too, retired to ground 

 in an orchard close to Castle Cary. He was dug 

 and eaten in declining daylight. A cold showery 

 day, but with a fair scent at times. 



