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blank. In the covers on the other side we found two foxes 

 in part of a cover, and nearly viewed one of them to 

 ground in a hedge-row ; we could have unearthed him 

 without much trouble, but as Lord Sefton's hounds were 

 coming to hunt the country the next week, we left our fox. 



March 12. — Met at Millesant's Wood, and drew that 

 cover. Tile Hill, and Long Meadow Wood, without finding. 

 In a short time we found a fox in a cover not far from the 

 Coventry road, and ran him through Wainbody Wood, over 

 the earths at Baginton, and across Stoneleigh Park ; the 

 scent now dying away he was given up. Went to Berricot 

 Wood, near Stoneleigh, and hit upon the hunted fox ; we 

 had him, at one time, among the hounds, and viewed him 

 several times. He then broke away over the country, and 

 ran very quick near to Mr. Knightley's, at OfTchurch, and 

 on to Cubbington Woods, in which cover, from the badness 

 of the day he was lost, after running two hours. 



March 16. — Our appointment, this morning, was at 

 Lord Aylksford's Park. As we were going on to draw the 

 first cover, Daniel's Wood, a fox came in full view of the 

 hounds ; we ran him very quick for 20 minutes, and hunted 

 him afterwards for an hour and three quarters, all the time 

 keeping forward, supposed to be full 15 miles, and lost him 

 on the other side of Sir Roger Newdigate's, pointing for 

 Nuneaton. The day was particularly bad, and the scent 

 dying away the fox was lost. The hounds during the whole 

 day hunted well. 



March 20. — The place of meet for to-day, was fixed at 

 Water Orton. Sir Robert Lawley and myself came 

 from Canwell in the morning. The day was so bad it was 

 impossible to hunt. 



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