20 FOX HUNTING. 



lands, and generally they were fond of seeing the 

 hunt and hearing the hounds in full cry; and this 

 love of the sport is illustrated by the fact, that a 

 farmer named Jesse Russell, living in Edgmont 

 township, and whose farm contained a well- 

 wooded round top called Hunting Hill, a favorite 

 retreat for foxes, when on his death bed re- 

 quested that he should be buried on Hunting 

 Hill, where he could hear the hounds running. 

 He was buried on the north side of this hill, and 

 afterwards the spot was adopted as a family bury- 

 ing ground, and so still remains with a wall of 

 native stone around it which is fast going to de- 

 cay, but which some of the fox hunting clubs of 

 the county propose to rebuild and put in good 

 condition. His tombstone bears this inscription : 



"This stone is erected to the memory of Jesse 

 Russell, who departed this life September 12th, 

 1820, in the 42nd year of his age, and was de- 

 posited here at his own request." 



In the same lot is the grave of John Russell, 

 a brother, who died March 24th, 1831, and of 

 Susanna Russell, who died January 5th, 1837; and 

 also of Priscilla Russell, who died August 4th, 

 1861, in the seventy-seventh year of her age; 

 there are also two other graves of members of 

 the family. 



Jesse Russell was an ardent fox hunter. 



