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to the left; and finally pulled over dead beat on the road to Ashley- 1871. 

 Combe at four o'clock. The pace from the first was tremendous, 

 and there was but one momentary check under Cloutsham Ball. 

 B. B. T. 2. B. T. 2. Head given to Mr. Froude Bellevv. 



September 22?id, Haddon. — Found nothing but young deer in 

 Haddon, so went to Marsh Bridge. Found above North Moor House, 

 and broke at once for Shilstone Gate and Anstey Barrows. Laid on 

 above Northmoor at 3.30, a quarter of an hour alter the find. Raced 

 over the enclosures and East Anster allotments, and down Yamsden 

 to the Danesbrook, into Hawkridge south side above Drucombe 

 Gate. Fresh found him in the nap among the rocks. Up the 

 bottom to Slade Bridge, going nearly to the head of the little combe 

 under Anstey Barrows; to the right, along the side of the Middle 

 Common and West Anstey Common, to Lishell; short back, crossing 

 West Anstey Common straight for Ringcombe, but just touching the 

 corner of Molland Common broke over the enclosures to Girt Wood, 

 and down to Bottreaux Mill ; all down the valley to Kipscott and 

 Hall Woods, parallel to the railway to Ward Mill, where he at last 

 crossed the line. (Racing pace to this point, deer in view and said to 

 be beaten) ; then to the left, and over North Kerscott Moor and 

 Kerscott Farm to Port Farm ; over Little Hele and Broad Hele 

 enclosures to water above Ash Mill ; over Week and Wood's Farms 

 to Pudmarsh, and through Honeycleeve Wood to Kidland ; skirting 

 Knowstone Wood, on to Babel Hill and Haresdown ; up the stream 

 under Little Comfort, and over Rackenford Moor and Sideham Farm 

 to Drucombe enclosures, as if for the Exe, but turned to the right 

 over Warsbrightly and on to Rafton Wood. It was now seven o'clock 

 and pitch dark, and no one knew the country ; the deer dead beat, 

 but dodging backwards and forwards all over the place. However, 

 from Rafton Wood this night-hunting continued ; across the valley 

 to RuU, then to the right towards Washfield, coming round to the 



