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1876. Deer Park, thence over Oare Common to Chalk Water, Mill Hill, 

 and Blackbarrow, short back by Larkbarrow to Chalk Water and 

 back to Deer Park, on to Badgworthy Wood and Brendon Common, 

 back over the North Forest to Tomshill, up Trouthill Water, over 

 the North Forest and Brendon Common again to Badgworthy Wood, 

 away to Chalk Water, and back to Deer Park, killing her finally at 

 Malsmead. Going down the valley her companion was seen standing 

 in the water with a broken leg, and she too was killed. A few 

 hounds that could not be stopped from the other hinds killed a third 

 in Trouthill Water. Thus ended the Porlock country campaign of 

 1876. Twenty meets at Cloutsham, one at Hawkcombe Head, and 

 one at Larkbarrow ; nineteen hinds killed, four saved and turned 

 into the Quantocks ; three young male deer killed, two saved, and 

 one stag killed. 



December 22nd, Haddon. — Found some hinds in Deer Park. 

 After running about the covers for a long time got a hind away by 

 Baronsdown. Laid on at 1.35. Slow hunting through Brockhole Wood 

 and to water, where a long check. Lifted them to a hollow on Court 

 Down and ran into Loosehall Wood ; here another long check. Hit it 

 at last in the watercourse on the Draydon side, and out over the hill 

 by Draydon Farmhouse into Draydon and Ashweek Woods to the 

 Barle, below Hindham Clammer ; up the water, into Buckminster 

 Wood, and over the Hindham enclosures for Durham Plantation, 

 but turned short to the left up to the Venford road close by Shilston 

 Gate, right over all the allotments north of the ridge road on Anstey 

 Common to Anstey Barrows, over Woodland Common to West 

 Anstey Gate, slanted West Anstey Common to Holland Gate, and 

 down the fence almost to Lishell Wood, but crossed Langcombe 

 enclosures to Moorhouse ridge ; on to Whitepost and nearly to 

 Sandyway, but turned to the right, and skirting the very higher part 

 of Hawkridge Common and a bit of Brightworthy Down, crossed the 



