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hedge, but were able to carry It only a very 

 short distance; and being somewhat pressed 

 upon, they sw^ung round to the right, parallel 

 with the fence, by which time the horsemen 

 were all over the field. Two couples of 

 hounds, of which Andover was one, and 

 Abelard another, with unmistakable truth 

 stuck to the line of their fox, and worked It 

 over the middle of the field, through the 

 horses, affording one of the most interesting 

 displays of real hunting that it Is possible to 

 conceive. A visit to Staunton Wood 

 afforded a third fox, and although the scent, 

 as the day wore on. Improved, It was any- 

 thing but good. Breaking at the upper 

 end of the covert, he pointed for Glooston 

 Wood ; being headed he turned to the right, 

 leaving the village on the right, Staunton 

 village on the left, to Church Langton, where 

 he was marked to ground In Mr Dain s 

 spinney. Soon afterwards they had a capital 

 day from Holt, finding In Stoke end, running 



