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26th. — Left Wiverton ; went to Girsby. Raunsby, 

 M.F, H., South wold ; Arthur Fortescue, the parson. 



27th. — Brockleby Hounds at Sudbury. Met 

 Colonel Richardson and Lady Yarborough, who 

 asked us to come to Healing on Monday. 



28th. — Burton Hounds. Rode " Fairy ". Wilson, 

 master ; Bentley, huntsman. Rode home with 

 Elsley and Dobson. 



2nd March. — Went to Brocklesby by first train. 

 Met at Healing. Richardson mounted us both. 



3rd. — Very cold ; returned to Girsby. I did not 

 go out. Met Rawnsley at South Willingham. 



4th. — Yarborough Hounds at Lin wood. Rode 

 " Fairy ". Came home lame. 



5th. — Southwold Hounds at Girsby. Found a 

 fox in a pit. Ran a cracker for an hour and killed. 

 Rode Rawnsley 's young horse. Found another fox 

 in a pit and killed him. Rode another young horse. 

 The country is very open, and very often the fox is 

 in view the whole time. When Captain Dallas and 

 Captain Fox were joint masters they bought twenty- 

 five couple of my hounds at Bicester. Jack Morgan 

 was then huntsman of the Southwold. 



6th. — Went to Doddington to stay with Jarvis. 



7th. — Skillingthorpe plantations. Jarvis' hounds ; 

 a beautiful pack ; all bred from two bitches. " Link- 

 boy," a beautiful dog. 



9th. — Jarvis' Hounds. Rode his horse " Cocoa- 

 nut . 



loth. — Rufford Hounds at Kelham. Went by 



train with Jarvis to Relford. Rode "Fairy". 



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