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east-windy day, with snow flakes fluttering about 

 in the early morning, and threatening more. 



March 19th. — 



A hard black frost and a strong north- 

 east wind greeted us at Sparkford Inn ; and a 

 shocking scent, which quite prevented anything 

 like sport from Annis Hills, where we found 

 foxes and could not run them, ought to have 

 prepared our minds for the fall of snow which 

 followed in the night, and kept hounds in 

 kennel. 



March 22nd. — 



The weather having quite recovered, a 

 large field met at the Red Lion, Cheriton ; 

 and a little mild rain in the course of the day 

 made everybody imagine, for the twentieth 

 time this year, that Winter was over. A fox 

 was " holloaed " away from Grove Withybed 

 almost before we got there, and we went off" 

 merrily, hoping for a real run. After a few 

 fields, however, we saw that it was no good, 

 and by the time we got to the brook — heading 



