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and astonishing some of the foreigners. All the horses had had 

 enough, and some too much. (This deer took the line over the South 

 Forest, which is so often found in the old records ; being, in fact, the 

 old line between Porlock and Bray. Only two deer have taken it 

 in these later times ; this, and that of October 2nd, 1877. — Ed.) 



October iT,ih, Hawkcombe Head. — Found a stag in Deer Park 

 and ran by Chalk Water, Blackbarrow, Porlock Common, Nutscale, 

 and Hoar Moor Post to Codsend House, Luckwell Bridge, and 

 Little Quarme, where he was killed in one hour and twelve minutes 

 from the find. 



[Throughout the winter there were many good runs with the hinds 

 between Badgworthy and Cloutsham. Up to 31st December, 1880, 

 forty-six deer had been killed.] 



5i- February <)i/i, H addon. — Laid six and a half couple on three 

 hinds in Hartford Cleeve. After driving them about the covers for 

 nearly half an hour one broke at Wynne Corner and came round to 

 Frogwell Lodge, where laid on the pack. Away over Skilgate allot- 

 ments to Bittescombe Ponds, down the valley to Bittescombe Mills, 

 to the left by Berry House and on by Venn Cross to the Waterow 

 Viaduct, and down the valley a little way. Then to the left, parallel 

 with the railway, on the south side of Wivehscombe towards Milver- 

 ton, crossed the railway and over the hill between Fitzhead and 

 Preston Bowyer. Here the pack caught a view, and raced her on 

 to Datscombe Plantation, near Bishop's Lydeard, where she was 

 taken, dead beat, in a large enclosure adjoining. About three hours, 

 very fast. 



March ^ih, Haddon. — Laid seven couple of hounds on a brace of 

 hinds in Haddon Wood. After beating the covers some time they 

 broke across Hartford Cleeve, and over the hill to Wynne Corner, 

 down through Birch Wood and into the bottom, where they divided, 



