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fox. Then found in Stainton Wood, but unluckily 

 ran back to foiled ground in Edlington Wood. A 

 very wet morning. Dogs, 20J couples. 



December 22nd, 1882. — Met at Grove. I came 

 by early train from Stretton in Staffordshire. Ran 

 a fox twenty minutes round Treswell Wood and 

 killed him. Then found in Gamston Wood, away 

 across by Headon for Stokeham, but he turned to 

 his right by Drayton Mill, nearly to Darlton. A 

 capital thirty- five minutes. Hunted on for the 

 Sprmgs, and he ran me out of scent. Found in 

 Rampton Thorns and ran hard forty-five minutes, 

 leaving Treswell Village on his left, Treswell Wood 

 on his right by Headon Village to Gamston Wood 

 without touching a cover, but he beat me at last 

 on the foiled ground. Bitches, 23 J couples ; wind, 

 south-west. 



December 26th, 1882. — Met at Hodsock Priory. 

 Drew Forest Plantation, Fifty Acres, and Bilby 

 blank. Found in Allison's Gorse, ran a ring round 

 Whin Hills, then over the river and canal, to Ranby 

 House, through the Morton Woods, and alongside 

 of the railway straight to Morton Grange, and ran 

 into him. A clipping forty-one minutes. Then 

 drew Cascade, Scofton Wood, Thievesdale, and 

 One Hundred Acres all blank. Bitches, 23J 

 couples. 



January 8th, 1883.— Met at Barnby Moor. 

 After drawing Bellmoor and Barnby High Wood 

 blank, found in AlHson's Gorse, and killed by the 



