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1862. Courtenay ; through the Alderbed and over Holt Ball to Tivington 

 Plantation ; through this to the north-east end, then broke out and 

 doubled back after crossing two fields ; finally across the road, leaving 

 Bratton Court to the right, to Heydon Down and through Little 

 Heydon Plantation, over the enclosure to North Hill Common, where 

 hounds ran up to him by the stone fence. On over the hill a mile 

 and a half towards Minehead, where hounds again got up to him, 

 ran him in view to the fence at Woodcombe, where he was taken and 

 killed. Three hours and twenty minutes from the lay on. (A five- 

 year-old deer, imported from Templeton in the previous year.) B. T. 2 

 on both sides. 



November 21st, Haddon. — Found a fine young hind at 12.45. ^^^ 

 her about the covers for some time with indifferent scent, and away 

 by the fir trees in Upton Wood. Pack laid on at 2.50. Across 

 Upton Bog to Hanstown, where a long check. Hit the line across 

 Heyne to Luttrow Cross, and on by Godham's through Bittescombe 

 Wood, Auctioneer's Brake, and Shute Copse to Huish Cleeve. Across 

 Heydon to Middlehill and down Drewcombe Bottom to the water, 

 turned to the right under Bulland Lodge to Wadham's, crossed the 

 Tone to Yaw, on to Bleed, Nunnington Down, Cote, Parsonage, to 

 the West Turnpike Gate at Wiveliscombe, into Hawkin's Orchard, 

 and keeping close to the back of the town ^on to Hutswell Park 

 Farm, Fry's, and Quaking House, by Milverton, where stopped 

 hounds at 5.25, it being quite dark. Half an hour more daylight 

 would have accounted for our deer. 



1863. September nth, Dulverton. — A stag harboured in Greystone 

 Wood. Found him, a splendid deer, at 1.6. He broke over the 

 top and down through Well Wood, across the water, along Bradley 

 Ham Side as if for Winsford Hill, but crossed the water again, through 

 the little plantation on the other side and over Well enclosures to 

 Withypool Common. Pack instantly laid on. Raced him over the 



