46 THE BILLESDON HUNT, 



a warm supporter of everything appertain- 

 ing to foxhunting, as all the world is aware. 

 These are awkward kinds of coverts for 

 hounds to draw : the dead thorns run into 

 them cruelly, and breaking short off are 

 with difficulty extracted. Nevertheless 

 they soon found their fox, and forced him 

 away, pointing for Glooston Wood, which, 

 with the village, they left on the right, 

 Cranhoe on the left, running In a line for 

 Langton Caudwell on to Welham, leaving 

 that village on the left, where the fox was 

 lost for want of scent, which was wretched 

 throughout, yet affording an opportunity of 

 admiring the hunting powers of the pack. 

 Conspicuous on most occasions were Abe- 

 lard and Andover, and an incident occurred 

 during this short chase, beautifully exem- 

 plifying the worth of hounds that are not 

 readily to be driven off the line by over- 

 anxious horsemen. Having checked, the 

 body of hounds hit the scent through a 



