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never been surpassed in the annals of fox-hunting in 

 the Eufford country. The meet was at Caunton Manor, 

 and, after the usual chat with Canon Hole, who loves 

 fox-hunting, as does his good lady, the Master decided 

 to draw Werner Wood instead of Caunton Park (where 

 the Canon can generally find as good a fox as most 

 folks). His reason for so doing was that Werner 

 Wood held twice this season a wild fox who was off 

 before hounds were fairly in the covert. On this occa- 

 sion the Master viewed him away just as Hayes was 

 about throwing his hounds (the dog pack) into the wood, 

 and soon every hound was on his line and away for 

 Caunton Park, where he did not dwell a moment, but 

 held on to Ossington High Wood. Just before reaching 

 this covert a sheep-dog coursed him, and hounds checked, 

 as they always do when these brutes interfere ; but 

 Hayes hit him off into the wood, and, getting a holloa 

 away from Harry on the other side, was soon at Knee- 

 sail Green Wood. Through this covert hounds hunted 

 him steadily and well, and again was he viewed away by 

 Harry pointing for Wellow Park ; but, turning short of 

 it, he ran through Finder's Farm, and made as if for 

 Kirton Wood, turned down the hill into the village, and 

 hounds nearly had him in the orchards, but he slipped 

 through a yard and over the fine grass meadows and 

 the brook, which proved fatal to more than one, and a 

 bridge breaking in likewise, the field was considerably 

 reduced, and set his head straight for the forest, hounds 

 running hard over Boughton Brake, and through the 

 small covert alongside the river, past Conger Alders, 

 over the Ketford-road, as if for Patmore, in Lord 

 Gralway's country, but his strength was failing, and soon 

 the Master viewed him struggling on before the hounds, 

 who were now running for their fox past Peck's Farm, 



