THE REV. JOHN RUSSELL. 137 



for which had been given him by Mr. Paul 

 Ourrv Trebv, of Goodamoor, one of the best 

 friends to fox-hunting the Dartmoor country 

 ever knew. 



The following rough sketch will probably 

 enable the reader to understand the plan on 

 which the earth was formed. It consisted 

 simply of a narrow walled drain ; which, being 

 just large enough to admit a small terrier, was 

 constructed on the slope of a hill in the shape 

 of the letter Y. 



In the lower or main entrance was an iron 

 plate worked by a spring, but fixed by a pad- 

 lock, and covered w^ith earth, over which plate 

 the foxes travelled habituallv. 



In the centre was a wide circular chamber, 

 from which the upper passages branched off ; 

 and the top of that chamber being covered with 

 a close-fitting lid, the food for the cubs was 

 popped in through it. These were fed twice in 

 the week until full-grown, and afterwards every 

 Saturdav. 



When a fox was wanted, the spring plate 

 was unpadlocked ; and the upper entrances being 

 stopped, each with a strong gorse faggot, the 

 moment he entered, the plate tripped up 

 behind him, and there he was safe and ready 

 for the coming event. 



It was usually a two o'clock affair ; and 

 when a glass or two of old sherry — that spur in 



