104 FOXHUNTING ON LAKELAND FELLS 



A terrier was put in, and the fox bolted, affording 

 another scurry before he was killed. 



At the finish of the hunt a j^outh approached 

 Mr. Farrer, of Howtown, the owner of the terrier, 

 " Lucky Jim," which had bolted the fox ; and 

 the following conversation ensued : 



Youth : " Did j^our Jim worry the fox ? " 

 Mr. F. : " No, my lad, he bolted." 

 Youth : " Av, an' thou' 11 bolt summat when 

 thoo gits to t' Dunny (Dun Bull)." 



That a promising day may finish in gloom, the 

 following experience will prove. In the last week 

 of October, 1910, the Coniston Hounds found a fox 

 at Pinch Crags, in Scandale. After a short but 

 fast hunt, they rolled him over in the open. The 

 day being still young, hounds were taken to High 

 Pike, where a second fox was soon unkennelled. 

 After a fast hunt this fox took refuge on the face 

 of Dove Crag, dropping from ledge to ledge, with 

 three hounds. Crafty, Rally and Ringwood in 

 pursuit. Eventually the fox, in attempting to 

 cross an impassable ghyll, owing to pressure from 

 the young hound, Crafty, slipped and fell several 

 hundred feet, and met its death on the rocks far 

 below. Unfortunately, the hound shared the same 

 fate, whilst Rally and Ringwood became hope- 

 lessly crag-fast on one of the numerous ledges. 

 A rope and willing assistants were brought from 

 the quarry on Red Screes, and eventually the 



