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they were miles and miles from home, and it 

 was four o'clock in a Winter's afternoon. No 

 doubt the Huntsman was disappointed at not 

 handling his fox, but there were not many left 

 to share his sorrow, as the field had dropped 

 off by degrees, and few had dared to face the 

 hills at all. 



February 6th. — 



I had nothing to record of last week, from 

 frost having held sway throughout the whole 

 of it ; this week, however, hounds have been 

 out every day, with the fluctuating fortunes 

 which I will now give in detail, beginning 

 with an indifferent day from Lydford. A long 

 journey to cover was rewarded by drawing all 

 the Lydford Covers blank, Foss Wood, Horn- 

 blotton, and Park Wood, &c., till hounds hit 

 a line near Naydens, into which they took it, 

 and out, heading for Farringdon, and soon lost. 

 It was but a weak line at best, and not a 

 good scenting day, though fine and mild. 

 Our next draw was Wearyall, where we found, 

 and hounds ran up to North Cadbury, where 



