56 THE BADMINTON HUNT. 



to the right, making good his point over 

 the Circencester Railroad to Bury Hill, 

 when he steered his course nearly east- 

 north-east, to Bradon Lodge, almost point- 

 ing for Cricklade, over beautiful pasture- 

 fields, well-known to the members of the 

 V. W. H., when the I sis presented 

 itself, to cross which the Marquis was 

 the first to venture. Still forward to 

 Castle Eaton, where they turned to the 

 right for Kempsford, at which point the 

 huntsman's game horse Beckford evinced 

 symptoms of distress, and having so ad- 

 mirably done his duty was consigned to 

 the care of Mr Pitman, while the Mar- 

 quis followed some distance on foot, till 

 Mr Anstie supplied him with a nag. From 

 Kempsford this good and straight-necked 

 fox held on to Highworth, where he found 

 a resting-place In a drain or earth close to 

 a sandbank not far from the Church. 



A friend of mine observes, '' One marked 



