46 THE BELVOIR HUNT. 



thirty-four miles from home, in a strange 

 country, thought it prudent to whip off, 

 and reached the kennel about half-past one 

 the next morning. During the last half 

 hour, the fox was never above ten minutes 

 before the hounds, and latterly they were 

 frequently in the same field together. He 

 was one of the coolest hands ever known ; 

 and after crossing one of the feu drains, he 

 was seen to go into a stackyard, and rub 

 his sides against a stack, starting off as 

 soon as he heard the hounds approaching. 

 When they whipped off, he was not five 

 minutes before them, and took up his quar- 

 ters that night in a shed, within two hundred 

 yards of the place. The distance was thirty- 

 seven miles from point to point without any 

 turnings ; and, considering all things, could 

 not be less than forty-five miles. The 

 run lasted three hours and thirty-seven 

 minutes, with only three or four short 

 checks. Touching the disasters to men 



