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4 January 1882 — Inwood, Henstridge, Somerset | |
Wednesday. 4th January [1882]. We all rose early & went off by the 9.30 train for Poole. Theo & Merthyr took their horses with them as they were going to hunt the deer with Mr Tod’s hounds & we were to go to see the fun. Arrived at Poole we found a waggonette prepared for us & we went in it as far as an inn called “The Fox & Lamb” on the road between Poole & Wareham. Luff amused the time by showing us all the different properties on the road. He pointed out the Doughty place belonging to the Tichborne family, the Friars place, Ld Eustace Cecil’s &c—& said with pride that all the time of our drive we had not gone off the Canford estate. The views of Poole & its harbour were very pretty & we enjoyed the lovely day thoroughly. On reaching the Fox & Lamb we found Mr Tod & his whip arrayed in green with a scratch lot of hounds awaiting us. There were 5 or 6 sportsmen besides. Merthyr & Theo mounted their hunters & Capt. Medlycott, Luff, Maria, Alice & I remained in the waggonette wh was to follow the hunt as best it could– We waited & waited but there seemed to be no run & as we had breakfasted early at 1 we began to turn our attention to luncheon—& partook of excellent beef, chicken, cake & wine. When this was over we wanted to stretch our legs and so climbed a small hill near going thro’ a small swamp but were not rewarded for our pains. Nothing cd be seen or heard—we thought we had best give it up & try & catch the 2.37 train from Poole. As we had only 20 minutes to do it & slow horses to go 4 miles it was rather a forlorn hope. As we arrived at Poole Junction wh was on [a] different line to the one we came by we beheld a train just starting for Wimborne. Luff thought we might catch our own train at Wimborne if we went by this train—& we cd not have caught the one for Poole. He stood up & waved his hat—the guard knew & recognised him & backed the train & took us up. If it had not been for Luff’s influence we shd never have got on. We caught our Wimborne train & so went on to Henstridge. Luff got out at Blandford & went home. We got to Inwood before 4 o’cl. Merthyr & Theo came back abt 8 as the next train obliged them to wait an hour at Blandford & they spent it at Luff’s. After dinner Merthyr, Alice & I sang. The others played whist. | |
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