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Our fiiend IMxon. wlio writes under the /!/>/// ac pi unit; of '' Siorm," 

 fiuiiished to the //£•/</ newspaper an accotmt of a run which is well lenieni- 

 beietl by many of the present beaglcrs, is still often referred to, and a 

 repetition of whieh is earnestly longed for whenever we meet at Ness. 



Saturday ()th March. 1880. Ness. Did not throw off till half-past one. 

 Soon found between tlu- \ illafi;e and the Dec ; she j^^ave us ;i rint;-!!]) o\er the 

 hill at the baek of the viilaj^c, and then took straijjht for the river. As the tide 

 was out, we ran her three and a half miles over the sands. She swam two or 

 three larj^e sheets of water on the way, and then tried the main channel of the 

 Dee ; but the tide must have been too much for her, as the hounds carried the 

 line right int(i thr wati'r. anti wc^ could also ]irick her to the ed,i,'e. We took 

 seven couple of hounds o\er in a boat to the other side, but thev could not own 

 to it ; so we concluded that she nuist ha\c been carried awav bv the tide. 



It will be in the recollection of many then present how the iiounds were 

 nearly carried away by the stream in attempting to swim the channel, and 

 many of the beaglers waded in breast-high (our present Master was nearly 

 up to his neck, rescuing a hound, "Old Roper," which was drowning), in the 

 vain attempt to reach tlie W'elsii shore. It was only about a stone's throw 

 from the town of Flint. 'When the boat was hailed and some of the hounds 

 put in along with the huntsman and two or three beaglers, oUl Williams got 

 into a desperate funk, and chaiacteriscd the proceedings as only wcrtiiy of a 

 lot of mad school boys, and not iiunting at all, However, he was brought 

 safely back, after finding nothirig on the other side, though \\. \\. Hall 

 aftirmed that he could prick tiie hare out of the water and u[) the shore 

 towards Wales. We must assinne that this haie was drowned, as the strong 

 current would have carried iier down at least I:alf a mile before she could 

 land. 



" O, I .nm scaliiL-d with my violent motion." 



Kiii'^ Jc/ni. net v, scene 7. 



The most notable run of modern times is undouhtediy that famous I'un 

 which look place five years age, in the year of mastership of J. W. Macfie. 

 Finding at Pensby, near Barnston, and killing near Hadlow Road, makes 

 this a run to be treasu'red in the memories of all those fortunate enough to have 

 participated in it. The fact that every hunting day enjoys the potentiality of 

 such another run, gives the intense enjoyment of expectancy to beagling ; 

 and a small share of moderate sport is enough to prevent disappointment — 

 when the expectation is not fulfilled— from damping the ardour of the 

 beagler. 



Considering the importance of this famous run and the goodly muster 

 of members who enjoyed it, and who, more or less, appreciated its various 

 phases, it will perhaps not be considered too monotonous if three several 

 accounts of the run, from different points of view, are here presented to the 



