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Huntriss Farm to Whitwell Village, on to the 

 wood ; worked on slowly, at last got up to him, 

 ran hard for twenty-five minutes, to ground under 

 a rock, bolted him, and he got through the pack, 

 so they rattled him in the wood another twenty 

 minutes and, driving him out almost in view, 

 ran into him four fields away, every hound up. 

 Three hours and ten minutes altogether. A fine 

 day's sport and a credit to the stoutness and 

 condition of the hounds. Bitches, 17I couples ; 

 wind, north. 



March 20th, 1883. — Met at Throapham. 

 Bolted a fox from the Sticks and round over the 

 grass up to Anston Tips, down to the right by 

 Charles Wright's Gorse, over the brook, then quite 

 straight, leaving Brampton Gorse just on his right, 

 away to Morthen Hall. A check here, but I hit 

 him off directly, and they ran straight into him in 

 the middle of a field three fields from Ulley Village. 

 A really good fifty minutes. Found a second 

 fox in Nicker Wood, and ran him by Brampton 

 to Anston, then back to Aston, but heavy 

 storms came on and he beat us. One hour, fifteen 

 minutes. Dogs, 20J couples ; wind, north-east. 



Finished hunting on April i8th, the hounds 

 having killed 40! brace of foxes and run 20 brace 

 to ground. A good season's sport ; only stopped 

 ten days. 



