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about two miles nearly to that village ; liere 

 our fox turned, as if for Plumley, but ran 

 along under it to Frith, out and on round 

 Caundle Brake, back to Frith, where we killed 

 him in something over forty seconds. We 

 found another in Goat Hill, ran him out to 

 Mews Hill, along the Purse Caundle Lane, 

 across to Crendles, down towards Milborne 

 Port, but a "holloa" took us up the hill again; 

 ran on to Bowden Gorses and Bowden Lane, 

 as if for Inwood, but turned away for Toomer 

 and Purse Caundle Gorse ; made a line to- 

 wards Spurles, and lost him. There was rain 

 coming, and the scent, which was good in the 

 morning, failed as the afternoon drew on. 



January pth. — 



I might sum up my record of this week's 

 proceedings in one word — Fog — as certainly 

 little else was seen for five days out of six. It 

 influenced everything, and when the hounds met 

 at Alford, they could do next to nothing on 

 account of it. After some hesitation, hounds 

 were thrown into the Alford Covers ; a fox was 



