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fast, tlirotigli Hack Hill, to Clatcombe ; then, 

 more slowly, down the hill below Holway, and 

 to ground in Sandford Orcas. Drew Rimpton 

 Hill, and Marston, blank, and went home. 



April loth. — 



We met at Holton Cross Roads. Found 

 in Elscombe and chopped, unluckily, in the 

 cover ; but another was on foot, and we ran 

 him out to Yarlington, and lost. Found our 

 next in Holbrook, and ran him sharply for a 

 few minutes, and to ground in a hedge above. 

 Whaddon Down, Lord Ilchester's new gorse, 

 and Hadspen, produced nothing ; but Lity 

 Wood was better provided, and we soon forced 

 out the occupant, who made the best of his 

 way down to Yarlington Wood, up past Dean's 

 Bush, by Whaddon Down, on past Verigore, 

 over the railway, and to ground in twenty-two 

 minutes, under a cowstall in Charlton Musgrove. 

 A terrier soon bolted him, and we went on by 

 Round Hill House, bearing for Stavordale 

 Priory, and then by Cockrow and up into 

 New Park, and on through the big woods to 



