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Broford Wood to the Exe, and through Broford Wood across the 1866. 

 Cleeve into Broford Plantation, along the head of the cover into 

 Halsecombe Bottom and over the hill and Courtdown into the 

 Highercombe Bottom ; up this and over Mountsey Hill Common 

 and Slade enclosures to water under Ashway Hat, and down to Ash- 

 way Ham ford. Here a long check. Tried down to Three Waters, 

 when a tally up the valley proclaimed that the deer had just left the 

 water above Ashway ford and gone into South Barton Wood. Laid 

 the pack on, and through South Barton, North Barton, and West 

 Water Woods to Worth Wood ; through this and Greystone Wood 

 to Bradley Ham, and along the side of the Ham into the bottom 

 under Uppington as if for Comer's Gate ; a short double to the water 

 and up the stream by Keene's to Withypool. Then after a double 

 about the road over Room Hill to the Exe, past Nethercott and over 

 the Exford road to Staddon Wood. Fresh found him here ; ran to 

 the water and took him under Larcombefoot at 4.52. Saved, ear- 

 marked, and turned out. A small bodied deer, and only a four-year- 

 old. This was the third deer in six days that crossed between 

 Dunkery and the Dulverton country. (Never accounted for.) 



October ^th, Cloutsham. — Found a stag in Stoke Wood. He 

 went towards Cloutsham Ball, broke into the field, and so over the 

 next meadow (taking the fence close by the Court Gate), across the 

 road, into the bottom and up Hollowcombe (pack laid on instantly 

 at 12.12), and lay fast in the combe ; fresh found, and down past East- 

 watersfoot towards Horner Mill ; up through Yelscombe to the top 

 and down to Poole Bridge ; up the water to Nutscale, over the hill 

 and Exford road to Blackbarrow, over Chalk Water and Oare Com- 

 mon, leaving Deer Park to the left, to Badgworthy Water ; up this 

 nearly to the hunting gate, on to Withycombe ridge, over the cleeve 

 to the right, and on to Farley Water. Down to Bridge Ball, up the 

 road some distance towards Brendon Parsonage ; then to the left into 



