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close before hounds. We next turned northward, through the New- 

 building covers, down the road between Kirby Knowle and Upsal, 

 but being headed back, turned upwards again, and fled for refuge to 

 the Hall, a strange, rambling, irregular old building, more like a castle 

 than a dwelling-house, one of the few remaining specimens of Eliza- 

 bethan period of architecture, which this vicinity affords ; amongst 

 its recesses he contrived to find a secure hiding-place, and effectually 

 to baffle his pursuers. He was seen to make a spring at the garden 

 wall, and the first time to fall back again without attaining his object. 

 By availing himself of a heap of rubbish, a second attempt to scale 

 the summit was brought to a more satisfactory issue, and from the 

 wall he managed to climb over the roofs of the outbuildings, and 

 become " soon lost to hound and hunter's view." It was afterwards 

 ascertained that he took refuge amongst a quantity of ivy upon the 

 very summit of one of the central piles, and after the hunters had taken 

 their final departure, and had all again become quiet, he was seen to 

 descend, and steal away into the neighbouring wood. 



The run lasted one hour and ten minutes, almost without a check, 

 over a deep country, with stiff fences and very small enclosures. Long 

 ere the finish of the run— 



" Many a gallant stayed perforce, 

 Was fain to breathe his faltering horse." 



And by the time Upsal was reached, the company was indeed select. 

 We must not conclude without a word of justly-merited approbation 

 to the huntsman, Mr. T. Swalwell. He is thoroughly acquainted with 

 the country, and hunts it in a manner which does him great credit. 

 — Actcen II. 



From " York Herald," June 20, 1857 :— 



On Friday evening, the 12th inst., F. Bell, the Master of this Hunt 

 (Hambleton), gave a dinner at the Johnstone's Arms Inn, Boltby, to 

 the gamekeepers and earth stoppers in the Hambleton district, and 

 some of the members of the hunt. Stephen Fearley, Esq., occupied 

 the chair, and Mr. Swalwell, the huntsman, the vice. The dinner, 

 well-served up by Mr. Curry, was excellent, and reflected great credit 

 on him. F. Bell, Esq., entered the room about seven o'clock, amidst 

 great cheering. He said he had not come to interfere with their enjoy- 

 ment, but to wish them their very good healths. It gave him pleasure 

 to see them all looking so well, and he hoped that they would still do 

 their best to preserve the foxes in their different districts, so that when 

 the hunting season set in there would be no lack of sport. We need 

 scarcely observe that the greatest harmony and good feeling were the 

 order of the evening. 



