FOX HUNTING. 21 



Priscilla Russell was well known among the fox 

 hunters of her day as "Aunt Prissy"; and Caleb 

 Hoopes, now eighty-five years old, who was a 

 fearless hunter in those days, says of her that she 

 lived on this Hunting Hill farm, and, having an 

 inherited love of the sport, she always had ready 

 a mince pie or some good cider to appease the 

 appetite and quench the thirst of her fox-hunting 

 friends. All the hunters of that part of the 

 country were her friends and were sure to stop at 

 her house. So, may her ashes rest in peace, and 

 if there is such a thing as the spirits of the de- 

 parted being permitted to participate in the things 

 that pleased them in this world, may Jesse and 

 Priscilla still enjoy the musical cry of the hounds 

 as they hunt the wily fox around Hunting Hill ! 



Many other farmers, old and young, hearing 

 the hounds running in their neighborhood, would 

 leave work, rush to the barn, saddle and bridle 

 the horse, and join in the chase. 



Red foxes have generally been plentiful in 

 Delaware County, and therefore the true lovers of 

 the sport have always hunted the wild fox and 

 scorned the anise-seed bag. 



