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hour and twenty minutes. Found again in the 

 open between Bushy Lees and Horndon-on- 

 the-Hill, ran up to the hills through Combe and 

 Hall Woods, and away to within a field of 

 Dunton Hall. Here, turning left-handed, ran 

 as if for Puddle Dock, but turning again left- 

 handed up wind, they got to and fairly raced 

 their fox all over the open country between 

 Dunton and Horndon-on-the-Hill, running him 

 underneath a shed in Roper's Farmyard. Time, 

 one hour and five minutes. 



Saturday, January 6th, 18 jy. 



Mr. Mashiter described this as a good 

 day ; and so it was, I remember it very well. 

 Meet: Stock Street. 



Found in the Forest, ran smartly to Mar- 

 garetting, a longish check here, but hit him off 

 again on the railway embankment. Ran 

 prettily across the high road as if for " The 

 Hyde," but turning to the right, took our fox 

 into and through Writtle Park Wood, pointed 

 as if for " Skreens," but turned again right- 

 handed, and away to Chignel and lost him 

 between there and Mashbury. A very good 

 hunting run one hour and fifty minutes — first 

 ten minutes to Margaretting racing. I don't 

 think it is in the least likely we changed foxes, 

 as Writtle Park Wood was the only cover they 

 touched and they never left the line there. 



During the run Jane (the mare I was 

 riding) made a mistake, and we both subsided 

 into a ditch. Jane extricated herself before I 

 had time to get clear, the result was, when I 



