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slow hunting to Swansea Farm, and on over the common to the i8<J5- 

 right of the Iron terminus, as if for Clatworthy Wood, but beanng 

 again more to the left the hounds hunted her into Friern Brake, 

 where they fresh found her; running her across Holcombe Water 

 towards Round Hill, leaving Colton Pits to the left ; down into the 

 covers below, and down the stream to the first Combe Sydenham 

 pond, where they caught a view, and raced her to the next pond, 

 where after hounds and hind had been swimming together for some 

 minutes, they drowned her, in spite of all efforts to save her, at 4.15. 

 A good hunting run. 



November 'jih, Cloutsham. — After much trouble with stags and 

 young deer got a good hind away from Parsonage furze, across to 

 Hollowcombe and away by Langcombe Head. Laid on at 1.40. 

 Ran half-way to Alderman's Barrow, then to the right for Nutscale, 

 then short to the left over the hill as if for Hawkcombe, and finally 

 over the wet ground to Forest ; leaving Blackbarrow on the right, 

 skirting Kittuck, over Oare Common, leaving Deer Park to the left, 

 across the new enclosure at the head of Copple Wood ; then to the 

 left through Cloud Wood to water and up the opposite side into 

 Southern Wood ; then along the head of the cover, and back up the 

 bottom and up the cleeve as if for Countisbury, but being headed 

 she turned to the right and then broke by Broomstreet enclosures, 

 into Culbone Wood and down to sea. One hour and fifty minutes 

 from the find. On reaching the beach it was discovered to be a 

 young male deer, so the hounds were called off. The pace was 

 tremendous to Malsmead, and no one knows where we changed. 



September 28///, HADDON.^Thick fog for some hours. Found a 1866. 

 splendid stag in the long copse under Haddon Wood at 2.15. Ran 

 up over and back towards Huscombe. Pack laid on after long 

 delay at 3. Fresh found in Huscombe Wood, ran along towards 



