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the valley to Everdon Stubbs ; back through Stowe 

 Wood to Weedon, and killed the fox in the clergyman's 

 garden there. We went on, and found in Grub's 

 Coppice ; ran in the gorse, turned short back, and away 

 at best pace, leaving Foxley just to the right, Blakesley 

 Hall just to the left, through lower coppice at Plumpton, 

 as hard as hounds could race, leaving Gomeral's Holt to 

 the left, to within a field of Weston Village. Then they 

 turned over the road, leaving Colonel Hutchinson's 

 covert to the left, pointing for Culworth, bore away over 

 the bottom, leaving Sulgrave Village on the right, over 

 Stuchbury fields, to the further coppice, over the railway, 

 pointing for Halse Coppice. Here such a heavy storm 

 of rain came on, almost washing us off our horses, and 

 just saved the fox's life. He got to ground on the rail- 

 way bank at Greatworth. The run was all up wind, and 

 the pace tremendous. 



"Nov. 17th. Wicken Village. Found in Park Coppice; 

 ran through all the Spinneys to Dagnell, and killed him 

 on the land between Deanshanger and the river. Found 

 another fox in some turnips close by ; ran up to the 

 village, headed back, ran the meadows, over the brook,, 

 crossed the river close to Passenham, as hard as they 

 could go, pointing for Oakhill Wood ; turned to the right 

 through Beachampton Grove, pointing for W^haddon ; 

 turned under Nash, to Furzen Field, and ran into him 

 one field from Nash Brake. Found again in Foxcote 

 Wood, lost him in Akeley Village. Found in Leck- 

 hampstead Wood, finished there at dark. 



'' Nov. 19th. — Adstone. Found in Canons Ashby 

 Gorse, and ran down to the ponds — one ring; then on, 

 pointing for Ganderton, bore to the right, leaving 

 Louseland on the left, close past Little Preston, Farthing- 

 stone on the left, to Lichborough Bottom, then up over 



