50 THE BILLESDON HUNT. 



accident. Those who remained were hos- 

 pitably entertained by Sir Henry Halford 

 at lunch. 



My next morning was on the 27th, at 

 Slawston, where they quickly found, when 

 another was viewed coming In at the lower 

 end of the covert just before the one the 

 hounds were running broke at the top. 



The latter ran a ring to the left over the 

 open, evidently crossing the line of his 

 companion, which occasioned some diffi- 

 culty ; and eventually the hounds carried 

 a scent to a drain under the road, pre- 

 cisely In the direction from which the 

 moved fox had come. It was smoked 

 with no results, and they did not do much 

 more. 



On the I St of November they met at 

 Skeffington, the first time I believe that 

 an appointment was ever made there, at any 

 rate for very many years. There was a 

 very large assemblage, and only wanted the 



