146 THE ESSEX FOXHOUNDS. 



a twelvemonth by his death ; when it was found that in 

 the most unexpected fashion he had passed over the three 

 elder sons, and left the Mark Hall Estate, and a good 

 deal more, to his fourth son, Mr. Loftus Arkwright ; and 

 that gentleman forthwith became the second of his line 

 to rule the fortunes of the Essex Hounds, to the intense 

 satisfaction, it is needless to state, of the country. 



For four seasons after the retirement of Mr. Joseph 

 Arkwright the hounds continued to be hunted by Tom 

 Wilson, who had given such satisfaction under the previous 

 regime. Many good runs were enjoyed, the best taking 

 place at the end of January in the season 1865-6, when a 

 fox found at Garnish Hall Wood, Margaret Roding, took a 

 line nearly straight to Good Easter, thence to Mashbury 

 Hall, leaving Boyton Hall Wood just on the right, crossing 

 Chignal Hall and Gray's Farm on to Bush Wood, through 

 Sparrow Hawk Wood to Langley's Park, where he crossed 

 the Chelmer — into the East Essex country — crossed the 

 Braintree Road between Hyde Wood and Sheepcotes, and 

 ran thence nearly straight to Lyons Hall Wood, Great 

 Leighs. Hounds hunted their fox right through this large 

 covert, brought him back again to where they entered, and 

 they managed to pull him over at night fall, though the 

 pack was almost as much exhausted as the fox. In this 



