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on to Old Dalby, and down towards Broughton station ; 

 but, turning back, the line was carried over the Wart- 

 naby hills and into Saxelby Wood, where they got on 

 better terms with their fox ; and now they began to run 

 in real earnest, and the line of grass, too, was very 

 pretty. Clean through Saxelby village they raced 

 him, and at Asfordby bowled him over in a cottage 

 garden, after a remarkably sporting run. 



On Monday, March 10th. — Widmerpool New Inn 

 was again the meet, and Curates Gorse ^again the first 

 draw. A fox being quickly found, we were away almost 

 in no time, and in eleven minutes afterwards were at 

 the edge of Mr. Sherbrooke's Covert. I don't know the 

 distance, but this seemed to me to be very quick work, and 

 I took out my watch twice to be sure that I had not 

 made a mistake. The fox being holloa'd on one field 

 ahead, we ran by Hose brickyard and Clawson to the 

 Thorns, thence to Piperhole Gorse, when hounds divided. 

 Our horses were too much beat to be able to catch and 

 stop either lot, so each went their own way : one lot 

 running their fox to ground at Harby Hills, the others 

 theirs to ground at Old Hills. 



Saturday, 22nd March.— A day on the Forest, 

 Charley Cross Roads being the meeting place. Some 

 coverts were drawn blank in a line for the Whit wick 

 Eocks,^ where we found, but our fox was killed almost 

 immediately, which was a sad blow, as foxes on this 

 side were well known to be very scarce. However, 

 we had luck in store, for at the One Barrow Eeservoir 

 a very stout old gentleman was in waiting, and who 

 kept us for the next two hours busily engaged ere he 

 yielded up his life. Going first by the One Barrow 



