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bury. We ran him for one hour and a half, at least, with 

 an indifferent scent, when he was run bv cur dogs, and lost. 

 Cast back to Frankton Wood, where the hounds instantly 

 hit upon a fox. There were not less, certainly, than two 

 brace of foxes in the cover, and we ran, in rings, for an hour 

 and a half, a little way out of cover, constantly changing. 

 At length one took right away, and we hunted him, in as 

 good style as possible, and killed him 18 miles from the 

 kennel. Left Meriden at eight o'clock a. m. and got home 

 past six o'clock p. m. 



Saturday, Nov. 1. — Met at the Priory, Maxtoke, and 

 drew all the woods without finding. We went on to Lord 

 Aylesford's 1 woods, and found a fox, which, going 

 off down-wind, left all the great Sportsmen from Lord 

 Vernon's, Mr. Adderley's, &c. in the lurch. We ran 

 him over the vale to the Maxtoke woods, and over the river 

 Bourne towards Arley wood ; here he was so much pressed 

 that he bore away by Mr. Sadler's house, at Whitacre, 

 pointing over the open fields for Hore parish ; when the 

 huntsman, not seeing his Master, made a back cast, and 

 lost the fox. We afterwards drew Birchley Hays, without 

 success. 



1 The late Earl of Aylesford, unlike the present, was no sportsman ; 

 but as a well-wisher to foxhuntinpf, and out of respect to Mr. Corbet, 

 he would sometimes make his appearance in the field, when the hounds 

 were drawing tlie covert at Packington. One day his Lordship placed 

 himself behind Mv. Corbet in a very dirty ride in a cover. A hound 

 spoke. ' Hark !' said Lord A. ' A puppy, my Lord,' said Mr. C. 

 Another liound spoke. ' Hark again !', said tlie Earl. ' Puppy,' said 

 Mr. C. softly. At last old Trojan challenged on him. ' Trojan, by — ,' 

 said Mr. C. ' A fox for a luuidred ;' when clapping spurs to his horse, 

 with one of his cheering halloos, he suddenly disappeared, leaving tlie 

 noble Earl not only covered Avith mud, but enveloped in astonishment. 



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