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ii. this hind-hunting season, and the accounts of the last three runs here 

 given were copied by him from the reports of Arthur Heal, the hunts- 

 man. Mr. Bisset, however, hunted himself on the Quantocks from 

 March 29th to the 6th of April, 1881, which latter day was the 

 last of his mastership. On this last day a hind was found in 

 Bagborough Plantation, and driven to sea at Lilstock after one 

 hour and fifty minutes. She came ashore and was killed ; and the 

 records end with the words, " She too was ear-marked ; the same as 

 had been taken," with a blank after this sentence which was never 

 filled up.] 



On Mr. Bisset's resignation Lord Ebrington (the present master) 

 took over the pack, killing his first stag on the 9th of August, 

 1881, the opening day of the season. 



September "jth. Yard Down. — Found directly with three couple of 

 tufters in Grattan Wood. The stag went up the bottom toWallaford, 

 then to the right by Withycombe and almost reached Longstone, but 

 being hard pressed by the tufters (which could not be stopped) he 

 came down over Whitefield (Mr. Crang's) to Buscombe, where after 

 a bit of a bay he was taken and killed. A splendid stag, with all his 

 rights, and three on top of both horns. Dressed and clean (of course 

 without his head) he weighed twenty stone. In Arthur Heal's 

 opinion the finest stag altogether that he ever killed. (Probably the 

 finest ever killed in the country.) 



Then came back and drew Grattan Wood again. Found a young 

 stag and a young male deer, and laid the pack on the former in the 

 bottom. He went up to Office Wood, then down almost to Brayford 

 village, where he turned up over the hill to the East Bray, went up 

 the bottom under Beera, and away up Little Comfort Combe for the 

 forest. Across Vintcombe to the Barle, just above Driver (Dryford) 

 Cot and out over to the Chains, to the right across Hoar Oak Combe, 

 just above Exe Head, over Exe Plain to the Brendon road, about 



