38o 1888. 



Fifehead, and one we found in the lower 

 Withybed, our first draw, led us up through 

 the other Fifehead Covers and down again ; 

 and very prettily hounds then ran the short 

 but sweet distance to Nyland, where, after a 

 turn or two round the covers, the fox paid the 

 penalty, which, sooner or later, is paid by most 

 foxes. The day's sport was, however, over, for 

 though we drew Sandley and Langham, and 

 some other covers and hedgerows in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the meet, we could not move 

 another fox, and we moved on homewards, 

 moralising on the hard ground, want of rain, 

 lowness of springs, and emptiness of the brooks 

 and ponds. "February Fill Dyke" has all his 

 work cut out. 



February 13th. — 



The meet was at Sparkford, and the fox 

 was at home at Yarcombe. He gave us a 

 short run ; another, from Annis Hills, gave us 

 forty minutes in the direction of Charlton 

 Adam, near which we lost him. Further 

 proceedings were interrupted by a severe 



