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February c^th, Keeper's Cottage, Winsford Hill. — Found a i^ 

 hind and a male deer in the Allotments. Separated them and laid 

 pack on the hind at 11 a.m. She broke near Folleys, and went away 

 by Wambarrow to Ashe Wood, Bye Hill, and the Exe ; up the water, 

 out short of Lincombe, and over Staddon Hill to Peen and the head 

 of Harespath ; down the lane towards Dunkery Gate a little way, 

 then across by Godsend Moors and Higher House to Dunkery, 

 crossed to westward of the Beacon, and then swung round the north 

 side to Red Girts ; down by them nearly to Luckham Alders, then 

 to the left just above the enclosures to Horner Mill. One hour so 

 far, best pace. Arthur cast up some little way, but soon returned, 

 and hit the line out below Homer on to Clattery Way. She followed 

 this to Halsecombe, went up that and down again ; then on the path 

 towards Doverhay, and backed it by the middle path to Halsecombe, 

 and over Glatters to Doverhay Combe. Down the combe, then up 

 beside the fence and through the new plantation to Hawkcombe 

 Water. Arthur again cast up, but soon returned, and hunted her 

 down almost to the Mill, then up and down the lane and into little 

 Halsecombe. Here at last, after all this short running, he fresh 

 found her, when she came back to the water and down through Por- 

 lock town a little way ; back and up the road nearly to Peepout, then 

 short back on the other road opposite, and leaving Doverhay on the 

 right crossed the enclosures as if for Bossington, but turned short 

 back up the watery lane, and on the main road as far as West 

 Luccombe. Here she turned short once more and went all down 

 the stream past Breakneck to Lynch Bridge. Fresh found her here, 

 and raced her beside the water to the sea, which she reached just 

 ahead of the hounds, in two hours and twenty minutes from the find. 

 It was quite calm, and most of the hounds swam out after her, but 

 she had the pace of them by sea as well as by land. A boat went 

 out and she was taken and killed. A very fine hind and a very 

 strong one, as may be seen from the foregoing. A grand run 



