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Harnstoii. Mr. Siittoii had iimst kindly prciiarccl a most hospitahir liiiicli. 

 Wo tlioii turiR'd t)Ul, luakiiii^ to the ducction of Irby. After nearl\' an hour's 

 perseverance, we w ere repaid by kicking up a most sporting hare in the gorsc 

 bush in tlie pasture below Irby, which took a straight-ahead line for Pensb}-, 

 crossed the road and made a considerable ring, coming round into the pasture 

 in which we first found, making the same ring again, with the exception that she 

 this time took us down towards the Dee, coming up again behind Thurstaston, 

 and back to her old quarters. The hounds had now got so well on her, and it 

 was such a splendid scenting day, that we looked upon this as kill No. 6, and no 

 mistake. In coming to our old beat, after an hour and a half's run (three-quar- 

 ters witlu>ut a check), the "dodgers" viewed her, and kindly (?) lifting the 

 hounds, threw them off tlie scent. They got on thi; road, and we could make 

 nothing more of her, after a most sporting run of near two hours. We tried 

 back towards Barnston, but did not again find, having seen but one hare the 

 whole day. Twenty-five members out ; 19 couples. 



Thursday, 30T11 Xo\i;mbi:r, 184S. 



Greasby, 11 o'clock. This did not prove a very sporting day; such a 

 profusion of rabbits, it spoiled the sport. One small hare fell a prey to the 

 hounds, and a dozen rabbits. Four meml)ers present, and zz couple of hounds. 

 Kill No. iz. 



Thursday, Fkdruary 15TH, 1849. 



Queen's Ferry. Started from Sutton, a small party of four members. On 

 our arrival at the ferr}', found Mr. Crockford's keeper in attendance, with an 

 in\itation from that gentleman to go upon his land. We crossed the ferry and 

 innnediately proceeded to business ; found in the first field we entered, a fallow, 

 and had a few beautiful rings till she made for high ground, and got upon the 

 numerous tram roads, and we lost her. We found again in tliat neighbourhood 

 and could not get her away. We kept at this sort of work till 4 o'clock, and 

 gave it up. Mem. — Not to go to Queen's I'erry again. Not a beagle country. 



About four years ago the R.R.B. went to Hawardea by invitation, and 

 enjoyed a good day's sport. The Wirral Harriers for the last tliree years 

 have regularly met at Queen's Ferry, with great success. 



Thursday, Di:cembicr qth, 1852. 



Brimstage, 2 p.m. Almost immediately viewed a hare on foot, which made 

 through the stock yard and orchard, and on towards New Hall ; we came to an 

 unaccountable check, and could make no more of her. Looked for another. 

 Dairymaid poked one out of a hedge close to the farm ; this hare we could not 

 carry in the least, though only a few yards in front of the hounds ; went along 

 the bottom under Brimstage. Some labourers having seen a hare go into the 

 plantation at the Clatterbridge workhouse, we put the hounds through it, and 

 knocked her out ; she took to the pits and along under Brimstage to the road, 

 and up it near a mile to the turning to Bebington and Neston ; here she took to 

 the fields, skirting the road dcnvn almost to the toll-bar, crossed the road on to 

 the Poulton side, going almost down to the hall ; got into the road and came up 

 to the four-lane-ends ; up a few hundred yards on the Raby road, and then into 

 the rough fields to the left, over the bog, and into the road leading to Brom- 

 borough ; here she doubled, and made, like a fox, back to the four-lane-ends, 

 and into the pits under Brimstage, and again into the plantation where wc first 



