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AVaters to Buscombe, and away over Iloccombe and on to Brendon 1883. 

 Common, close by Two Gates, but could not face the hill westward 

 so came back all but in view down the combe, over Badgvvorthy 

 Lees to the Doone Valley, where they got up to him and killed him 

 almost at the very place where he had first crossed Badgvvorthy 

 Water. A race from find to finish, fifty-five minutes from the lay on. 

 Only a dozen with them when they first reached Badgv/orthy ; the 

 rest of the field arriving there by the time he had run to Two Gates 

 and back again. 



October 20//?, Eggesford Station. — Found in Head Wood, and 

 ran all up the Mole and Bray Valley to Brayford, where killed him. 

 A good stag. 



November i^th, Doone Valley. — After finding a herd of fourteen 

 deer, and losing a single hind which was separated from them, laid 

 the tufters at 1.8 on the line of a hind by Brendon road, and ran 

 slowly over Farley to Hoar Oak, where she and a yearling jumped 

 up in view. The tufters settled on the hind and raced her by Two 

 Gates and Hoccombe to Badgworthy Water and Deer Park. On to 

 Oare Common (where laid on the pack) and pointed for Oareford, 

 but turned again as if for Larkbarrow, and finally across Chalkwater 

 by Stowford, over Mill Hill to Wear Water by the Green path, then 

 to the right to Colley Head, Lucott Common, and to water below 

 Nutscale, down the water to Poole enclosures and up over pointing 

 for Old Wood ; but being headed, she turned back nearly to Poole 

 House, where she let the hounds come up to her. Raced her down 

 the lane towards Combe, but she distanced them and returned to 

 Wilmersham Common, and crossed it to Langcombe, and breaking 

 at the head of it ran along the south side of Dunkery to the top of 

 Bincombe, and on as if for Hannacombe, but turned to the right to 

 Spangate, followed the fence some way, and crossed the corner into 



