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and Chelmsley Wood, without success. Found a brace of 

 foxes at the mill-pool, near Mr, York's. One immediately 

 went away through his wood, skirting Smith's wood, and 

 ran within a quarter of a mile of the town of Coleshill ; 

 then pointed for Curdworth Bridge, and went over the 

 water a little below it ; made a line for Dunton Wood, but 

 was headed to the village of Curdworth. Running through 

 the cottage gardens of that place, he made the canal side, 

 and then ran very near to the village of Minworth. From 

 thence he led over the meadows to Park Hall, where he 

 crossed the river. Leaving the cover, and keeping forward 

 pointing for Mr, York's covers, which he passed to the left. 

 The hounds were running for their fox as well as possible, 

 expecting soon to kill him, when a person who ought to 

 have known better, rode on the hounds, and brought them 

 to a check. After that we hunted the fox as long as the 

 scent would permit us, pointing on for Hampton coppice. 

 This run was two hours. 



Oct. 29. — Met at Hampton Coppice, and drew that and 

 Barber's cover, without success. Went to School Rough, 

 and found in Chelmsley Wood ; the fox was away the 

 moment the hounds spoke, and never did hounds run 

 quickerTthan they did, by Banerby Pool and on to Little 

 Packington, where he was vmaccountably lost. We then 

 went to Mr. York's wood, where we immediately found a 

 fox that led us for one hour and a half, in rings, through 

 the Decoy, &c. and we killed him handsomely near Smith's 

 wood. The scent was good, and the day fine. 



Oct. 31. — We threw off this morning at Weobly Wood, 

 where we found a fox that took a ring round the cover, and 

 then went away to Ryton Woods ; these he skirted, and 

 then dashed away towards Sir T. Biddulphs, at Birding- 



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