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1^75- and B. T. 3. These heads were given to Lady Gertrude and the 

 Hon. Mark RoUe. 



October Zth., H addon. — Found a stag in Haddon Wood at 1.30. 

 After running down Bury he broke by Lousie Gate to Baronsdown 

 and the Exe. Laid on at 2.55. Through Lower and Higher Stockham 

 Woods, across into Halscombe, up over the hill towards Highercombe, 

 and into the bottom under Loosehall and Highercombe; through Dray- 

 don enclosures, close past the farmhouse, and down over the cleeve to 

 water below Draydon ford ; across up the steepest part of Shircombe 

 Slade to the Summer House, under it and round by New Invention, 

 immediately behind North Moor House, where fresh found him. 

 From here it was a race to the end. Crossing along the head of 

 Shircombe Slade Wood the deer broke over Hindham enclosures, 

 on across Durham enclosures, pointing for Whiterocks, but turned 

 up the Shilstone Gate trackway, crossing Cockram's, Bellew's, and 

 Lord Portsmouth's allotments to Anstey Common, under the Bar- 

 rows and over West Anstey Common to the north of the road ; 

 crossed to the south side about midway, and on to the Molland 

 fence. Short of it he turned down into Bramblecombe, and all down 

 between it and Ringcombe, under Combe and Girt Woods, Combe 

 Farm, and Bere to Bottreaux Mill, where he was killed at 4.5. A 

 very large slot, but not a heavy deer. B. B. T. 2, B. B. T., and a 

 blunted upright. Horns very smooth, and every appearance of an 

 old deer except that his tusks were not much worn. 



1876, January i^th, Exe Bridge. — Found a stag and a hind in Wonham 

 Wood with the pack. The hind went down the valley and crossed 

 the Exe into Stuckeridge Wood, and over the enclosures on the top, 

 leaving Stuckeridge Wood to the left ; then to the right on to Higher 

 Mill and Spurway Mill, and across the water, over Washleigh Farm, 

 to Gibbet Moor. Here turned short to the ris:ht as if acrain for 



