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tlie hills and far away." Passing by Tomlin's spinney, 

 and climbing the next hill, the pace was too great for 

 the horses, and hounds literally ran away from them. 

 They ran at a tremendous pace, leaving Billesdon on the 

 right, and Skeffington on the left, to Eolleston. Time 

 up to this, twenty minutes. Scent now failed consider- 

 ably, and the rest part was hunting, although at a fair 

 pace. A lot of country was ran over by Keythorpe and 

 -East JSTorton, the fox being finally killed in the open 

 near Loddington, in the Cottesmore country, after 

 having ran through a good portion of Sir Bache Cunard's. 

 This made the sixth fox killed in the open dunng the 

 last four days. 



On Friday, Jan. 25th, the meet was at Ashby Folville. 

 A fox was found first in Thorpe Trussells, and hunted 

 steadily by the Punch Bowl, Pickwell, and lost at Cold 

 Overton, when we came back to Ashby Pastures, and 

 found w-hat had proved to be, on two previous occasions, 

 the worst fox ever seen, for he ran the whole time like a 

 very bad rabbit ; and it is most surprising that such a 

 fox could have behaved so badly, for he knew a great 

 deal of country. He went away this time the same 

 line as before, and w^as trying his twisting dodges, when 

 he must have found this time it would not pay. Coming 

 away beside the road towards Gaddesby, the pace was 

 terrific as they skirted the end of that village, and swung 

 round over the grasses by Ashby Folville. Another 

 turn to the left took them up the hill, and, after running 

 between the two coverts of Thorpe Trussells and the 

 Pastures, they pointed for Kirby, but turned before 

 reaching it, and taking in the line Gaudilope and Burton 

 Lazars, after which hounds quickly entered Mr. 

 Burbage's Covert. So far it had been capital, but was 



