ii6 Frank Beers' Diaries. [1870-71 



Higgins's farm, Dadford Village on the right, Stowe 

 Ridings on the left, through the corner of Stowe 

 Park, Tile House Wood, and away to Lillingstone 

 Lovell, Lillingstone Dayrell on the right, straight through 

 Briary, across Wakefield Lawn, through Waterslade, and 

 ran into him going away for Moorend. A capital 55 

 minutes. Drew Fire Furze, Colonel FitzRoy's new 

 covert, and Grafton Park blank. Found in the Forest ; 

 did not get out of the wood again. I rode Oxford and 

 Rifleman. 



" Nov. 25th. — Plumpton Wood. Found, and after 

 a ring or two in the wood away leaving Canons Ashby 

 on the right, through the Gorse, away to Little Preston, 

 on to Mantel's Heath, through the Knightley Wood, and 

 on to Maidford Village ; short back to Little Preston, back 

 through Canons Ashby Gorse on pointing for Adstone,. 

 short to the left, they ran into him as he was crossing 

 a grass meadow near Little Preston. An hour and 

 thirty minutes, as good as a man wishes to see, and over a 

 very stiff country. A fine fox indeed. I rode Cheerful^ 

 he carried me brilliantly. We found another fox in 

 GomeraFs Holt ; away close at him pointing for Alli- 

 thorn ; was headed back through Plumpton Wood, away 

 through the lower coppice to Adstone, on to Maidford 

 Mill ; short to the left to the Canons Ashby Gorse, but 

 did not enter, away to Canons Ashby Village, pointing 

 for the ponds, short back through the Canons Ashby 

 Gorse, and away pointing for Preston Capes to the right,, 

 when they ran into him crossing a grass field (going away 

 for Preston Wood) near to Little Preston. I rode 

 Cheerful first. Ensign second, both horses carried me 

 magnificently. Don't think I ever had more jumping in 

 one day. Many horses tired first run. 



" Dec. 3rd. — Bradden. Kingthorn blank, found in 



