pond he bolted, the hounds killing him in the cold bath ; he was then 

 taken out on the common, and thrown down to the hounds ; there 

 were about fifty horses in at the death, and I think I never saw a lot 

 of men better pleased. It was a splendid chase of 25 miles in two 

 hours and ten minutes, the first part of the chase from the find to 

 Eandel's copse, was a tiptop thing, not a horse could live vrith them ; 

 the middle part, the huntsman and the hounds had the greatest 

 difficulty in making out the line ; but the latter part, the hounds 

 ran gloriously into their fox. In returning home, Mr. Wood and a 

 friend from Lewes, were climbing Ditchling Bosthill, when Mr. 

 Wood's horse signified he would rather go down the hill than go 

 further up ; after some consultation, it was agreed, and with some 

 difficulty he was taken back to Ditchling, and after the short space 

 of three weeks he was enabled to walk home to Lewes. 



January 19, 1832. — On Thm-sday, the East Sussex Fox Hounds 

 met at Newtimber Inn ; a foggy day. There was a good field of 

 sporting fellows, and we all made up our minds to ride and keep the 

 hounds in view. The hounds were thrown off in the holly bed below, 

 found immediately, and away we went through the Wick wood, and 

 then I cannot tell where, but some who knew the country, said we 

 were near Henfield ; here the fox headed, and we came back the side 

 wind, but where, I cannot tell : the scent was a pleasing one, what 

 I call kept us alive, with plenty of leaping, but all at once the 

 hounds appeared to me to be going right up into the air. " Halloa, 

 George," said I to the huntsman, "where now?" he replied, "I 

 think we are going up the front hill ; " " what front hill ? " said I, 

 he said, "he thought it was Folking." We got to the top, and 

 managed to keep the hounds in view, across the wheel ruts we 

 blundered, and sunk into the bottoms below, but I do not know 

 where, but I think it was near Portslade ; we went on, and then 

 came to a large furze covert, and Press said he knew where we were, 

 this was Herringham furze, — this we skirted round ; after this, we 

 rode up hill, do^vn hill and side hills, and then right into a chalk- 

 pit, (not over mind ye), on enquiry we found this was one of the 

 Beading chalk -pits : here reynard got into a hole, and we could not 

 get him out. It was a beautiful hunting run of two hours, and only 

 one check of about three minutes ; some thought we had had a very 

 good day's sport, and wished to go home, others thought they should 

 like to taste a little more of the fog. Mr. Craven wished to please 

 all, and said he would draw a little covert below Hedberton on the 

 road home. The hounds were taken to it, and a beautiful little furze 

 covert it was ; the hounds were thrown in, and in quick time the 

 musical voice of old Jovial gave the chimes for starting, and a start 

 it was — the fox broke covert immediately right under the horses 

 bellies, and the hounds were out as quickly, after him ; away we went 

 into some little brooks below, some in the ditches and some out ; the 

 hounds soon told us we must mend our pace from the last chase, or 

 we should not long have them in view, — through the Wick wood we 

 went again, and a long way straight north, but I do not know where ; 

 the chase was kept up at a desperate pace, leaps were numerous. 



