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laid on here at t^.Z. Along the hill above Ashe Wood, into the bot- 1877, 

 torn, crossing Ashe enclosures to Bye Hill and down the water to 

 Nethercott ; up the opposite side as if for Staddon Wood, but passed 

 along the head of the wood, and just under the farmhouse as if for 

 Larkcombefoot, but turned away to the left over the hill, down to 

 water under Peen, over the enclosures into the Higherhouse Bottom, 

 up over Godsend Moors to Dunkery, over the wet ground under the 

 Beacon and round the south side to Wytchanger and Parsonage 

 Side, down the bottom under Wreacombe and Halscombe, and down 

 the water almost to West Luccombe ; here broke over the meadows 

 to the right and over the hill into the Holnicote Bottom, and on 

 through Holnicote Great Wood up to Selworthy Ghurch, not abso- 

 lutely into the churchyard but into the rectory garden, where she lay 

 down and was fresh found ; down through Holnicote Great Wood to 

 the stream in Holnicote Meadow, where killed her at 5.20. A fine 

 wild run. 



September 20th, Dunkery Hill Gate. — A stag was supposed to 1878. 

 be in Mansleigh Combe, and at the time of meeting Mr. Norman 

 sent one of his men to see, and out went the deer. Laid on at 1 1.27, 

 a little below the Beacon, and ran round the hill into Sweetworthy ; up 

 the bottom and down under Cloutsham, where he pushed up another 

 and younger deer, which led away all the pack but a single hound. 

 The young deer went up to Leigh Hill, doubled about a bit, and 

 came back to cover by Horner Gate. The old one dodged the 

 single hound all through the cover till he finally broke along the 

 head of the wood on Leigh Hill, going straight for Poole Bridge and 

 Whitebarrow Wood. He had been gone about ten or fifteen minutes 

 when the young deer came back to Horner Gate down to the bottom, 

 along to Poole Bridge, through Poole Wood and enclosures and the 

 common to Blackford, and over the hill adjoining Nutscale Brake to 

 Lucott Moor, where Mr. Nicholas Snow stopped the hounds, and 



