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ploughed field together near Cranoe, and I don't 

 think the hounds were ever off grass, with these 

 exceptions, up to the earth at Keythorpe, one hour 

 and fifty minutes. The hounds worked well, chasing 

 and carrying a good head up to Bowden Inn, hunting 

 steadily through sheep and all difficulties ; they were 

 very fit to go, and not an ounce too much flesh. 

 They did a wonderful day's work, having run their 

 first fox an hour and five minutes before they began 

 with this one. 



Lancer 



Some years after I met Sir Charles Mordaunt 

 and Captain Gilbert Robertson, and they told me 

 their experiences. Sir Charles Mordaunt said, 

 " While I was fording the brook near Bowden Inn, 

 Murietta rode at it and tumbled in and splashed 

 me all over. I left my horse at Cochrane's (The 

 Old Ship) at East Langton and he lent me a hack 



to ride home." Captain Gilbert Robertson said, 



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