42 HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS. 



in the cart, which had been sold as quiet in 

 harness ; and so he was, for about every mile or 

 so he " put up " and refused to move. How- 

 ever, after enduring agonies of suspense, we 

 arrived at Wickford at twelve — exactly the right 

 moment. We met hounds running hard ; they 

 had crossed the river, leaving the field on the 

 other side. So, as it turned out, we were rather 

 pleased, as we had hounds to ourselves; and 

 during that happy time Mr. Baker jumped the 

 brook south of Runwell Hall. It is not the sort 

 of place you would select, but Tiger had com- 

 plete control of the situation, and decided to 

 show what he was made of. 



February 2nd, 



The East Essex Hounds met at Danbury 

 by invitation. At that time foxes ran about like 

 mice, and it was impossoble to catch them ; and 

 so the East Essex wanted to try what they could 

 do. " They hunted and they halloaed, and they 

 blew the horn all day," but without any result. 

 However, we all enjoyed the fun, and I am sure 

 Mr. Carnegie did. 



February 15 th. 



Was a red-letter day. The Meet was at 

 Woodham ; found in the Woodham coverts and 

 ran over Woodham Lodge, Hyde Hall, past 

 Square Grove, Rettendon, Kemble's coverts, 

 Flemings, south of Downham Rectory, Meps 

 Hole, Grays Wood and on to Norsey, where we 

 lost him. This took forty-one minutes to do. 



