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covert of a himdred acres), gave him a couple of 

 turns there, when he went away through Avon 

 Grove to Christian Malford Wood (another thick 

 covert of one hundred and twenty acres), from 

 which he broke over the vale to Turnham Brake, 

 opposite Cowage Copse. Eluding the earths 

 stopped, he retraced his ground back to Catcomb 

 Wood, where the hounds gave him another rattler 

 round covert, and raced him away to Christian 

 Malford Wood again. He then broke the lower 

 side, through Bittlesea Wood, on towards Wootton 

 Bassett, where, being headed in the road, he turned 

 to the left over the canal, down through the 

 * Dauntsey Vale, across the river Avon, for Malmes- 

 bury Common ; here, being headed, he ran back 

 by Draycot Park, through Sutton and Eoxham, 

 over the river again and the canal up to Bremhill 

 Grove, where the hounds got up with him, and 

 away this tough old fox came again across the vale, 

 through Avon Grove and Christian Mulford Wood 

 without lingering a moment, and was pulled down 

 in the open fields below Bittlesea Copse. The only 

 man who rode this run throughout was Sir Lewen 

 Glynn, all the field being stopped by the river 

 Avon, through which Glynn, although not able 

 himself to swim, swam his horse without hesita- 

 tion, and reached the opposite bank in safety, not- 



