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crossing right of the Langton road. Flasher first over 

 the rail, and then over the brook, and on as if for 

 Langton Caudle. Frank Langham went at the brook, 

 and his horse jumped in. Tom Eirr, seeing the bottom 

 was good, jumped in and out. Custance jumped it 

 well, just as Tom got out. Mills and I jumped it more 

 to the right, in a watering place, and got over well, only 

 two others, Langham and Tom, over before us. It 

 caused lots of grief, and many took to the road at Bow- 

 den Inn. Wliyte and Frazer's horses stand there, and 

 they both got fresh horses. The fox was headed on the 

 top of the next hill, and turned along the valley. Here 

 Charlie Whyte came up on a fresh grey horse, and 

 kindly offered to let me have it. We now began to be 

 a mutual assistance society, and help each other, and 

 pulled down rails and made gaps. Crossed the road 

 between Thorpe Langton and Great Bowden ; hounds 

 still carried on steadily. I just saw Langton Caudle, 

 which we left on our left, and thought it would be the 

 end of the journey, and that I could just hug up to it. 

 Crossed the Thorpe Langton and Welham road, got 

 through the brook at a ford, going up a hill. Here 

 Usurper dropped into a trot, and Mr. Hay lent me his 

 horse, a brown thoroughbred. The first gate I came to 

 half closed and touched its side j it plunged and pitched 

 me clean over its head. We here came to a ploughed 

 field and a wheat field. The field remained on the grass 

 on the top of the hill. I went with the hounds, and 

 had to jump a ditch up hill out of the plough. The 

 horse did not land hind legs, and was not strong enough 

 to get up, so I jumped off. At the bottom of the hill, 

 a " Pat " holloaed us on — " Just gone when I holloaed ;" 

 and off again just over the grass, turned to the left past 

 a brick kiln, crossed the road between Staunton Wy villa 



