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it Stopped, and that he must trust to his own speed in the 

 open to get clear of his pursuers. The iron fencing about 

 here, however, gave him a few moments' law, but the noble 

 pack was quickly on his track, and away through Bedfords 

 and the lower Havering Woods, thence by Cheese 

 Cross, through Gidea Hall, and over the railway towards 

 Upminster Common. At Nelmes he appeared to think 

 he had gone far enough in that direction, and a sharp 

 turn to the left bothered some of those who thought 

 they were riding to a straight-going varmint. 



"A gallop across Squirrel Heath and some slow 

 hunting across the enclosures brought us to the Romford 

 and llornchurch road, where a check of some minutes 

 occurred, Init at length they made it out over the road 

 and over the brook, and away towards Dagenham. 



" Before reaching this place, however, he turned to the 

 right, crossed the railway and the Romford road near the 

 Whalebone Gate, and headed for the new enclosures in 

 Hainault Forest. .Suddenly changing his mind, however, 

 he dodged back, occasioning a check of a quarter of an 

 h(jur or more ; but his cunning was of no avail, his line 

 was again struck, and the pack, intent upon a late supper, 

 unerringly followed him through Pric'sts and on to the 

 P)Ower Wood, at Havering. Here he could do no more. 



