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August \Wi, Pitt Combe Head. — Found a stag in Pitt Combe ; 

 ran him fast to Badgworthy and down to Malsmead, then over the 

 hill to Glenthorne, where he jumped over eighty feet of cliff and was 

 killed. The leading hounds were in view and five of them had 

 followed him before they could be stopped. " Sovereign," a very 

 good hound, was killed on the spot ; " Foreman," the best in the 

 pack, and " Rochester " had to be killed where they lay ; " Rufus " 

 recovered but was hopelessly crippled ; but " Latimer " was huniing 

 again before the end of October. A miserable end to a good little 

 run of an hour. A fine stag. 



August 2^th, Triscombe Stone. — Found in Ashleigh Combe. The 

 tufters could not be stopped and went away with the deer across the 

 Parret, a mile above Combwich Passage. The tufters swam across 

 and hit the line on the other side. The master and two others with 

 him (who had managed to catch them at Brymore) followed in a 

 boat, leaving their horses, and followed them on foot. The deer was 

 captured just below Black Rock by a pilot-boat; but the pilot-boat 

 was pursued by Mr. Hunt (one of those with the master) and caught 

 at Burnham, where the deer (being thoroughly exhausted) was killed. 

 A fine stag with all his rights, and three on top both sides. Scent 

 was very bad throughout, and the huntsman who had been left with 

 the pack to draw for another deer could do nothing. It would have 

 been absurd to send for the pack to Brymore after the other deer. 



September ^th, Pitt Combe Head. — Found a one-horned stag in 

 Lillycombe. He went westward to the Lyn below Southern Wood, 

 where laid on the pack. Very slow hunting over the enclosures to 

 Scob Hill, over Brendon Common to Farley, and across Cheriton 

 ridge to Hoar Oak and right up the water to Long Chains Combe. 

 Fresh found here and went back to the Lyn under Southern Wood 

 in thirty-three minutes ; a very fast burst. Then up over to Countis- 



