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bing if you had gone with slack rein over ridge and 

 furrow. 



Whilst the hounds were drawing again there was 

 time to take a look at the " field," which consisted 

 of some sixty or seventy well-mounted men and 

 several ladies, conspicuous amongst whom was Miss 

 Antrobus, a daughter of Sir Edmund Antrobus, who 

 accompanied her. A very neat rider is the lady, 

 who goes well to hounds, and is not wanting in 

 perseverance ; for I noted her, at the close of a long 

 day, undaunted by weather and unmindful of dis- 

 tance. Miss Curtis of Everley and Mrs. Awdrey, 

 also well-known riders, and ]\Irs. Brewer made up 

 the list of fair equestriennes on this occasion, whilst 

 amongst the gentlemen, in addition to Lord St. 

 Maur and his three sons, were Sir Claude de Cres- 

 pigny, Captain Easton, Captain Tysen (a capital 

 sportsman), Mr. Fowle, Mr, Brewer, the secretary of 

 the Tedworth Hunt, etc. 



Whilst we were endeavouring to drive a fox out 

 of the dense gorse, I was introduced to the Master, 

 and chatted for a while of bygone days at Melton. 

 At length a vievv^-halloo from one of the whips 

 gave notice that a fox was on foot, and Fricker, 

 cramming his horse through the prickly gorse, was 

 soon in attendance upon what turned out to be a 

 sturdy customer. The time when he was viewed 

 going away was, according to my calculation, about 

 half-past twelve, and the hour when he was broken 

 up was half-past four, during which period he 

 traversed a very extensive range of country, going 

 in the direction of Ludgershall, and then over the 

 downs, making his way along the steepest part, and 



