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fence on taking off side. He was picked up insensible, 

 but soon came round, and joined hounds again after 

 they had passed Cossington Grorse, and reached Sea- 

 grave village. Hounds threaded the village, and then 

 pointed for Barrow-on-Soar, but, turning again to the 

 right, crossed over by Pandy and Burton, got within a 

 few fields of Wymeswold, and were stopped in the dark 

 when nearing Old Dalby. About four gentlemen only 

 got to the end of this run. 



Friday, Jan. 11th. — Great Dalby was the meet, and 

 after running a fox to ground at Leesthorpe, we found in 

 Thorpe Trussells, and ran a cracker, the line being by 

 Adams' Gorse, then over the beautiful and good- 

 scenting old Burrow hill steeplechase course, thence to 

 the left by Sir Francis Burdett's covert, Gartree Hill, 

 over the Burton Flats to Burbage's covert, where we 

 dwelt not a moment, but running straight through, 

 hounds kept up the pace towards Stapleford Park, 

 rolling their fox over handsomely when within three 

 fields of it. Time, just over an hour. 



Monday, 14th, was productive of another good run of 

 about the same time. Six Hills being the meeting place. 

 A slow hunt from Cossington Gorse was all that was 

 done in the morning, when we went on to Thrussington 

 New Covert, and found as fine a fox as is often seen. 

 He went away by Six Hills, and then, turning to the 

 right, got close up to Shoby Scholes, when another turn 

 to the left took us over the Wartnaby road, and pointing 

 in the direction of Wymeswold, from which he turned, 

 and shortly after passed Old Dalby, thence on by Lord 

 Aylesford's Covert and Shoby, worked back by Eagdale, 

 where he was rolled over in the open. The following 



