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Quarme Harriers, as well as with the Staghounds. 

 Both these packs begin hunting early in September, 

 and both meet regularly in the neighbourhood. 



Cutcombe is nearly as central as Exford, and is 

 four miles nearer to Dunster station ; but the same 

 remarks as to off-days apply, and it is not quite so well 

 placed for the Foxhounds. 



Winsford is four miles the wrong side of Exford 

 for the best meets, but is very convenient for the 

 Dulverton country. It is only six or seven miles from 

 Dulverton station over the hill, but more by the 

 driving road. 



Dulverton is too near the southern boundary of 

 the country to be well placed for such meets as 

 Cloutsham, Hawkcombe Head, Culbone Stables, &c., 

 which are near the Bristol Channel ; but it is very 

 central for the fixtures in its own district ; and the 

 hunting days there are from a quarter to a third of the 

 whole. The Stoodleigh country, the Dulverton Fox- 

 hounds and the Quarme Harriers are also within easy 

 reach ; as later in the year are also the Tiverton Fox- 

 hounds and Sir J. Amory's Harriers. The other places 

 mentioned above are mere villages, but Dulverton is a 

 small market town ; and as the trains run conveniently 

 from it to both Taunton and Exeter, it is the most 

 accessible of all the hunting quarters, being slightly 



