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kill, as the fox ran good lines. Dogs, 15 J couples; 

 wind, south-west. 



March 14th, 1884. — Met at Misterton. Becking- 

 ham Willows blank. Found in Beckingham Wood, 

 ran to Saundby Park, then raced to Wheatley 

 Village, round by Freeman's Gorse up to Gringley, 

 away for the canal, then slow hunting over the 

 canal and on to Drakeholes. Here the scent im- 

 proved, and ran very merrily over the marsh coun- 

 try below Everton, on to Scaftworth to ground. 

 A very good hunt. Dogs, 16J couples ; wind, south. 



March i8th, 1884.— Met at Osberton. Found 

 in Manton Plantation, over Worksop Forest, 

 across to Kilton, away by Black Hill Clump, to 

 Cocked Hat Wood, to Bilby Flash, Blythlaw Hill, 

 getting up to him by the river. Then away fast 

 by the Mantles, on for Ranskill, to his right by Tor- 

 worth Grange, down on to the low ground, and, 

 hunting slowly on, got up to him and killed him 

 in Barnby High Covert. A good hunt and capital 

 work of hounds. Dogs, 15 couples; wind, south- 

 west. 



The hounds finished hunting on April 7th, 

 having hunted every advertised day, four days a 

 week, from the beginning of the season ; also four 

 days a week cub-hunting from August 27th, never 

 having been stopped once. They killed 40 J brace 

 of foxes and ran 27 brace to ground. I had 

 ninety-three regular days' hunting, including nine 

 with other packs, besides twenty-two cub-hunting. 



