6p HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS. 



ran through Rettendon Shaw, down the side of 

 the Dale Farm to Mr. Kemble's, then parallel 

 to the Wickford road, leaving Wickford on our 

 left, and bore right nearly to Downham Church, 

 a long, fast seventeen minutes. A wide cast, 

 but in all round brought us to the line, but to 

 do no more good. 



March 20th. Saturday. Billericay. 



Fine day, warm, S.W. wind. Had the 

 Annual Hunt Meeting at 10.30, and found a 

 deficiency of £160 odd to be made up. 

 The Master was offered ^2,000 to hunt 

 the country next se?.soii three days a week. 

 Made a start soon after 11.30, drew Mill Hill 

 Forty acres, and found in Bishops, but had to 

 whip off a vixen. Afterwards found in Well 

 Wood, and ran for forty minutes with a very 

 bad scent by Downham and Bock Hill. Found 

 again in Pandam and had another long dragging 

 run to Kemble's, Wickford, More Gardens, &c., 

 with no result. 



April loth. Saturday. Gatwick. 



Fine bright morning, but turned to heavy 

 rainstorms, and a strong, cold, westerly wind. 

 Found in an uncultivated field at Basildon, and 

 ran very fast for seventeen minutes to Pitsea 

 Mill, then slow hunting for another twenty-three 

 to North Benfleet Hall Wood, and lost. After- 

 wards found in Northland Wood, Laindon 

 Hills, but could not get our fox away. Rode 



