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House was tlie only semblance of a check 

 we had. On we went to Whitmore, and out, 

 without dwelling there at all, past Belchalwell 

 Church, and, leaving Ibberton behind him, our 

 fox tried to rise the hill, but half-way up 

 hounds ran into him, and finished his career 

 in thirty-seven minutes. So we had begun 

 well. We then left Mr. Portman's country, 

 and, working back to our own, found a fox in 

 Badbury and ran him to Puxey, and there he 

 gave us the slip. Our next find was in 

 Prior's Down. We ran this fox towards 

 Common Plantation, Stalbridge Station, and 

 back to Prior's Down, and, in short, ran a 

 slow ringing run for about two hours over 

 that fine country, ending by whipping off at 

 Five Bridges, after a long day. 



March 8th.— 



The meet was at Jack White's Gibbet, but 

 it didn't bring us much luck, for, though we 

 found a fox in Hadspen, we lost him directly, 

 and our quarry was not at home in Lily Wood 

 or Holbrook. We found in Yarlington, but 



