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him to ground in a drain belonging to Mr. Wills. Then 

 returned to the Gorse, found again, and also ran to grouxid 

 in a drain. We got reynard out, and pushed him along at 

 a very fast pace, for 30 minutes, until he got into a chimney, 

 in a thatched cottage, at Farnborough. Being brought out, 

 and turned down, after running about three miles further 

 he scrambled up to the top of a brick and tiled house, at 

 Boddington. On being whipped down, reynard started 

 again, but was run into, after crossing two fields, 



Jan. 31. — Met at Bourton-wood and drew Bunker's 

 Hill and Captain Ibbert's coverts, blank. We chopped 

 a fox in Hillmorton-wood. Found another in Mr. Cooke's 

 Gorse, which went straight away through Captain Ibbert's 

 gorse, and on to Bunker's hill ; then over the country to 

 Lester's Piece ; turning then to the right, he went back to 

 Bunker's-hill, where the hounds came to a check, after a 

 run of 36 minutes. Cold hunting succeeded for 25 minutes, 

 when we lost our fox. 



Feb. 10. — Met at Epwell White House, found a fox in 

 Mr. Sheldon's Gorse, who took us right over the water to 

 Lord Northampton's. There he turned to the right and 

 went by Epwell Village ; this he left to the right, and straight 

 on for Shennington. Turning here to the left he went to 

 Wroxton and there took to ground, where they left him. 

 This was a run of 45 minutes. 



Feb. 14. — The appointment to-day was Birdingbury, 

 and we drew Tomlow, blank, but met with a good fox at 

 Debdale, which went away for Print-hill. At this point 

 he turned short to the right, and went to ground at Marton, 

 after a run of 50 minutes. As we drew Lester's Piece, the 

 huntsman saw a fox break away out of the hedge-row ; the 



