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at this place, but meeting with a shepherd's dog, they fought 

 until the latter carried as much scent as the fox himself ; 

 the hounds soon got up to them, and hit upon the scent of 

 the dog, which they followed until it was dark, when they 

 were whipped off. Had it not been for this circumstance, 

 we should soon have killed our fox ; nevertheless, we were 

 perfectly satisfied with the day's sport. 1 



We found, this morning, at Crimpscott Gorse, and 

 had one of the most severe bursts I ever witnessed. The 

 fox went away across Armscott, Newbold, and Blakewell 

 Fields ; then straight for Shipston-on-Stour, but turned to 

 the left, and went to ground in a sough at Honington. 

 Mr. R. Canning, 2 and Mr. H. Robbins, went away with 

 the hounds, and had the whole of this splendid burst to 

 themselves. 



April 2\. — Mr. Corbet's hounds finished this season 

 on Monday last, by meeting at Lord Northampton's, near 

 Edge Hills. The season had afforded much excellent sport, 

 and it is believed that no pack, in this part of the kingdom 

 at least, had more capital runs, or killed more foxes, than 

 the pack of this veteran Sportsman. — venator. 



Dec. 22. — This celebrated pack had a most capital run 

 on Monday last. The meet was at Clifford Bridge, near 

 Stratford, where they Tallyho'd a fox away, and after a 



1 Mr. Corbet, Mr. T. Cattell, Mr. H. Robbins, and a few others, 

 were up at the death. 



2 Mr. R. Canning commenced hunting with the Warwiclvshire in 

 the year 1791, and continued to enjoy the sport for eighteen years. — 



VENATOR. 



