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LEAVES FROM A HUNTING DIARY 



nearer the latter. That only four, beside the Master, who was riding his 

 grey horse, " Stockbridge," and the hunt servants, were up in time to see 

 the fox broken up, is a thing not to be wondered at. Scent was so good 

 that hounds could own to it right across the fields, and ran with their heads 

 up the whole time. 



Albert Deacon 



To come to the present : Moreton Wood being blank, a move was made 

 to Norwood and Envilles with the same result ; but Brick-kilns Wood, as 

 usual, had a tenant, and hounds, quickly evicting him, he made for Man 

 Wood, but, doubling back, he ran through Brick-kilns again, breaking on 

 the opposite side. Bailey quickly had his hounds on the line, and they ran 

 fast and well to Norwood, when there was a slight check. Picking it up 



