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at all events in that part of it where the Shropshire 

 hunt, that will not religiously preserve foxes from now 

 till the end of the chapter. Lord Hill has shown a noble 

 example as an Ex-M.F.H. in this respect, for Hawk- 

 stone, both hill and dale, has been full of foxes through- 

 out the season, and great have been the incursions into 

 Sir Watkin's country from there. Mr. Arthur Lloyd, of 

 Leaton Knoll, too, has kept his side of the Chester 

 railway in an excellently preserved state, as the many 

 calls on it have testified. Sir Vincent Corbet also 

 responded to all the appeals made upon his coverts in 

 the affirmative, with one or two exceptions, and then I 

 believe there were local causes for the disappointment. 

 Mr. Bibby has done his best, and will have a hand in 

 making a new gorse, near Shingiers, this spring. 

 No one enjoys the fun more than he does. Mr. 

 Slaney Eyton at Walford, has shown sport from his 

 Merrington coverts, and would like to see them even 

 better tenanted than they are. Mr. Sparrow, at 

 Albrighton, rehgiously befriends foxes, and has plenty 

 in Preston Gubbalds. In the Peplow, Hinstock, and 

 Hodnet country, there are good friends and true. 

 High Ercall and Withyford have not turned out, 

 this year, a foxey country, the cause for which 

 Borderer knows not, but believes it to be accidental. 

 Battlefield has certainly not upheld the great name 

 and fame of Corbet, this season. Mr. Dryden 

 Corbet, however, is such a thorough and excellent 

 sportsman, although not a hunter, that he will, I 

 am sure, not be appealed to in vain, if the petition 

 to preserve a few more foxes in this great 

 nursery of the hunt is properly worded. We 

 must not forget, however, that Holly Coppice 

 and Haughmond Hill have afforded us some 

 foxes, and that probably the best run of the 

 season was that one hour and thirteen minutes from 

 Holly Coppice to the foot of the Wrekin, with a brilliant 



