HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS. 41 



pink coat, and the admiring crowd by whom he 

 was surrounded — all loud in their praise of his 

 faultless attire. 



November 27th. Monday. Rayleigh. 



Fine day, cold, westerly wind. Went by 

 Hull Bridge to the Meet. Found our first fox 

 on a hedge-row just outside Hockley Hall 

 Wood, ran it through the wood and afterwards 

 in the open and to ground near Blunt's Wood ; 

 about eighteen minutes. Found a second in 

 Hockley Bull Wood, which gave us a good 

 gallop, going straight away from the covert at 

 once at a good pace to the Hadleigh Wood, 

 which we pushed him through without dwelling, 

 and on to Hadleigh Castle ; then we turned 

 back, and once more made the wood; forty- 

 seven minutes up to this. Again straight 

 through it, and on to Pound Wood, after which 

 we did nothing more. Time altogether, one 

 hour and five minutes, and a good run. 



December i6th. 



Hunted with the East Essex and had a 

 very good run. The Meet was at Boreham. 



January 13 th, 1883. 



Again I hunted with the East Essex at 

 Boreham, and had a most enjoyable run. 



January 20th. 



The Meet was at Wickford, and we were 

 foohshly trying an experiment — driving a hunter 



