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thankful for the rest afforded to hounds, 

 horses, and men, who have been hard at work 

 every day since August. 



January 2nd, 1888. — 



Though thawing, there was still too much 

 frost in the ground for hunting to be possible, 

 but on 



January 3rd. — 



After exactly a week of enforced idleness, 

 these hounds resumed work and met at 

 Stockbridge. We went straight to Whitfield, 

 found, ran out half-way to Yetminster and 

 back to the cover, up and down both Whit- 

 fields, out by Leweston Withybed, to Knighton 

 Gorse and back, the going being most 

 dangerous from the bone in the ground — out 

 of regard to our own bones we kept to 

 Macadam. The fox repeated the operations 

 above described, eventually turning up over 

 Conway's Gorse, heading for Tipples, but 

 turned once too often for his own safety, and 

 hounds ran into him at the foot of Knighton 



