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Welton Place. The Prince of Wales was staying with 

 Lord Spencer, and the field consisted of 1000 horsemen. 

 Mr. William Chamberlayne was out, and told me that 

 Braunston Grorse and the Cleves were first drawn blank. 

 If a fox had been found, he could not have seen the run, as 

 he did not leave the meet in time, and it was impossible to 

 get near the covert on account of the field. After that he 

 managed to get close behind Lord Spencer's horse, and 

 remain there until they found a fox at Crick Gorse, and 

 had a very fast run of half an hour by Winwick Tillage to 

 the Hemplow Hills. Mr. Chamberlayne rode a black 

 horse, which he had bought for 100/. (the highest price he 

 had ever sfiven for a horse) from Mr. Wadv, of Wark- 

 worth, and he afterwards sold him to Mr. Woodmass for 

 250/.— C. M. 



In June and July I caught lOOOlb. weight of salmon 

 in the river Stordal, in Norway, and C. Wingfield caught 

 a salmon weighing 461b. I remember at another river, up 

 which the salmon ran into a lake, a Norwegian was seen 

 by an Englishman in a boat in which he was being 

 dragged about the lake by a fish which he had got on to a 

 fir pole with a piece of rope tied to it, and his large hook 

 had been baited with a bunch of worms. The Englishman 

 row^d out, and offered to give the Norwegian two dollars 

 to let him play the fish and land him. This was agreed to, 

 and when landed it turned out to be a salmon w^eighing 

 521b.— C. M. 



SEASON 1863-64. 



The season 1863-64 began with cubhuntingat Compton 

 Verney on September 2nd, and with regular hunting at 

 Walton, Monday, November 2nd. The Hon. AV. H. J. 

 North was again master, Thos. Matthews huntsman, Fred 

 Smith first whip, Cleorge Hagger second whip. 



During the season of 1864-05 Mr. North had a private 

 pack of hounds of his own, with which he hunted the 

 Alcester woodlands himself until the end of the following 

 season. The entire country, therefore, up to that time 

 was hunted six davs a week. 



