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Mill ; again to the right, over the hill as if for Skilgate, but once 1872. 

 more leftwards to the valley close to the new D. and S. Railway ; 

 down the valley some little way, to the right of the Bampton Road, 

 towards Shillingford ; then across the road over Rhyll Farm to 

 Hayne Wood, and beat down the stream towards Shillingford ; then 

 to the left over the hill for Huntsham, but round again by Ford 

 Mill; then over the hill by Bampton Down, back to the right over 

 Barton Farm, crossing the Huntsham Road and Batherham Water, 

 leaving Bampton close to the left, to Birch Down Wood and Fleet's 

 Hill ; then to the left, over Coldharbour Farm, Grant's, Wonham 

 Moor, and through Wonham Wood to the Exe under Heightley ; 

 crossed the Weir into Heightley Wood and over the Heightley Farms 

 to East Tapps Wood ; then up the valley under Langridge, on to 

 Nightcott, over Venn Moor to Hawkwell, and across Anstey Barton 

 Farm to Armour Wood ; up the valley from Bucket's Hole, through 

 Highertown Meadows (home by the kennel), to Twitchen Planta- 

 tion ; over Twitchen Farm and Common to West Anstey Common, 

 and down to the Danesbrook, where she was killed at Zeal ford, 

 after three hours without a check. 



September 10th, Hawkcombe Head. — Found in Park Wood at 

 one o'clock. He crossed the road into the bottom of Hawkcombe, 

 when laid on the pack at i.io. Beat the cover all the way up to 

 Bury Castle and broke out over Lucott Moor to the Exford road, 

 by the trackway to Alderman's Barrow, and by the very head of Wear 

 Water to Acmead ; over Kittuck to Stowford and over Oare Common 

 to water by Tomshill floodgate. Here a check. Hit the line up the 

 small water under Pinford Bog, carrying it over the North Forest and 

 the Warren to the Simonsbath road to Blackpits, and over that to 

 Farley Combe ; down the combe for nearly a mile, and over Cheriton 

 ridge to Hoar Oak Water, as if for the Chains. But his strength 

 failed him, and the hounds catching a view ran him down the valley 



