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and I had to run up, he got to the fox first, and 

 carried it out of the covert. When I got to him he 

 said, "Which will you have, sir, head or brush?" 



I said, " Brush ". After eating the fox, we said, 

 "Be quiet, don't say a word". We turned our 

 horses in opposite directions, and whistled quietly 

 and the two packs separated, except one hound, one 

 of mine. 



I agreed to go on again with the hounds. Will 

 Goodall left ist May. Mr. Herbert Langham was 

 honorary secretary. Major Whyte- Melville having 

 gone to live in London. 



1867. 26th August. — Commenced hunting at 

 Althorpe. 



" COTTESBROOKE PaRK, NORTHAMPTON, 



'^February, 1868. 



" Sir,— 



"At a meeting of subscribers to the 

 Pytchley Hunt, held at Brixworth on February 



I I th, the following resolution was proposed and 

 carried for season 1 868-69 : — 



"'That Captain Thomson's offer to hunt the 

 country four days a week in the open, and the 

 woodlands in the usual way during the spring and 

 autumn, for the sum of ^3,000, be accepted, 

 provided such sum can be obtained. The open 

 country to include Brampton Wood, Rushton, 

 Boughton and Weekly Hall Wood.' 



"(Signed) Herbert Hay Langham." 



March 1868.— Hounds met at Rockingham 



