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Mrs. Wilkinson's Diaries. 



Feby. 29th, 1857. — Croft Bridge : A very fine warm day. 

 only one red coat (Mr. Waldy), a small field, everyone having 

 gone to Middleton Tyas. Blackwell, etc., blank, there having 

 been a good deal of pigeon shooting. Found at Sockburn. A 

 ring and fast to Neasham, through Mr. Jackson's garden, lost 

 near Mr. Gre3^'s plantations. There had been several foxes on 

 foot, and one having gone to ground, we took " Patch " (a 

 favourite black and grey fox terrier) and went back to Bolton 

 Park. " Patch " behaved valiantly and drove a fox on among 

 the tree roots in a gully. George and John dug away the soil, 

 and at last the fox was pulled out dead and *' Patch " much 

 bit on her nose. Tom, who had ridden about Sockburn on 

 " Bob," with John behind, enjoyed the digging out very much, 

 and was very proud of '' Patch." 



nth March. — Went to see the Raby Foxhounds. Waited 

 more than an hour near a farm house (the wind very cold) 

 before the hounds came, a quarter past twelve. To R. Allen's 



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Miss H. Chaytor. 



