48 ■ THE BILLESDON HUNT. 



to BIsbrook gorse, leaving Seaton on the 

 right, Lyddington on the right, crossing the 

 Uppingham road, leaving Easton on the 

 right, into Rockingham forest — one hour 

 and twenty minutes over a splendid 

 country. 



I must plead guilty to a weakness for 

 cub-hunting. I delight in seeing hounds 

 work, and in recognising the good be- 

 haviour of juveniles whose ancestors I have 

 known, and whose excellences I have re- 

 corded on former occasions. An invitation 

 from my old friend, Major H. Bethune, 

 afforded me an opportunity of meeting 

 these hounds at Wistow on the 25th of 

 Oct. 1 87 1, when they found an old fox in 

 a spinney, which went straight away for Sad- 

 dington at a good pace, where he was lost. 

 This was a most fortunate event, as it gave 

 the fox a nice two miles' breathing, to get 

 him in trim for another day. They re- 

 turned and drew the Wistow covert, where 



