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of Whitwell Wood, but, the hounds pressing him 

 so, dare not stay ; up the hill and raced to Lob 

 Wells, thence on to Thorpe Wood, but along the 

 wall all outside of it, straight to the Kiveton 

 Colhery ; then on to the railway. Luckily the 

 hounds got over all right in spite of a train, 

 nearly to Wales over to Nicker Wood, and pulled 

 him down in the park at Aston. A fine run of 

 two hours, four minutes. Twenty- three couples 

 of bitches, everyone up at the kill. 



February 14th, 1873. — The hounds met at 

 Sturton. Jack Morgan was laid up, also the first 

 whipper-in, so my father hunted the hounds him- 

 self, I acting as first whipper-in, and found 

 directly in Fenton Gorse. Away over the road 

 for Bole to his right, and round up by Little- 

 borough, then raced up the Meadows, and over 

 the railway by Cottam Willows on to Rampton, 

 along the brook-side and straight up to Rampton 

 Field, bearing to his right as if for Treswell Wood, 

 but over the road and up the hill to South Lever- 

 ton ; to his right down to Cottam Plantation, 

 round to Rampton Thorns. There were two foxes 

 on foot, and three couples turning to the right, 

 killed their fox by Treswell Village ; but away 

 with the body of the pack on to Laneham, to the 

 right up the brook-side to Dra^^ton Mill, and over 

 the road straight away to Babbington Springs 

 round and away at the top end, nobody ever see- 

 ing the fox here, as if for Tuxford, bearing to his 



