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point the pace had not been very severe, though we always 

 had to keep pegging away ; but after getting clear of 

 the last-named covert, hounds raced past Wymondham, 

 then, bearing to the left, made for Woodwell Head, but 

 no dwelling there. By the time we galloped to the 

 south end, the pack was streaming away towards 

 Cottesmore Grorse, just skirted it, and ran round by 

 Teighj and killed near Edmondthorpe, thus making a good 

 finish to a capital run of something over two hours. 

 Distance, as the crow flies, from Croxton Park to 

 Cottesmore Gorse, is ten miles. Those whom I noticed 

 to the end were Miss Miles, (who was on a visit at 

 Belvoir Castle, and was riding a horse of his Grace's,) 

 Captain Longstafte, Mr. John Hardy, Mr. Turner 

 Farley, Mr. James Hutchinson, Captain King, and the 

 Rev. Mr. Mirehouse. 



January 22nd, 1877. — Easton Hall. Eound at Easton 

 Wood, and ran a ring first of all round by Burton 

 Sleights and Stoke Park Wood, turning back to where 

 we found, and then changed to a fresh fox, who led us a 

 nice dance, or rather gave us a splendid run. He went 

 away much the same line as the first fox, but instead of 

 entering Stoke Park Wood, he skirted it, and crossed 

 over the railway, and away for Boothby — hounds run- 

 ning through like shots and away like a flock of pigeons 

 for Humby Woods, passing just to the right of them. 

 We rattled along and soon crossed the famous Lenton 

 Brook, and leaving the village to our right, we ran for 

 Keisby Wood, just running through the north corner, 

 when we were fairly landed in the finest country in the 

 Belvoir hunt, going as straight as we could go for 

 Aslackby village. A field or so before reaching it we 

 were in the same field with our fox, and it looked fifty 



