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LEAVES FROM A HUNTING DIARY 



J. Harris, Mr. C. Bury, Mr. Green (of Parndon), Mr. E. Ball, Mr. R. Y. 

 Bevan, Mr. Sworder, Mr. H. J. Miller, Messrs. Kemp (2), Mr. W. S. 

 Horner, Mr. R. Fletcher, Mr. L. Pelly, Mr. Pratt, Mr. Pemberton-Barnes, 

 Major Foster, Mr. Keppel, Mr. A. Capel-Cure, Mr. Stevenson, Mr. E. 

 Lawrence, Mr. G. Willis, Mr. Hine, Mr. H. Lawrence, V.S., Mr. W. 

 Tweed, Mr. Olney and Mr, Dickinson. 



All but the foot-people were probably thankful when hounds, instead of 

 being thrown into the Lower Forest, were taken in the opposite direction 

 towards a more open country. Little Maries Wood being the first point of 

 attack — from here to Latton Park is no great distance — for the first time 

 this season was drawn blank ; but the neighbouring covert, just over the 

 Harlow Road, held a brace, and hounds opened at once. Most of the field 

 had made for the ride which runs through it at right angles to the Harlow 

 Road, and very soon got a view of him as he crossed over. " Tally ho ! over ! " 



Coming away from Parndon Woods across Epping Long Green 



and then directly afterwards, "Tally ho! back"; another fox away over 

 the grass at the bottom end, and Bailey blowing his hounds out followed 

 almost as quickly as it takes to write it. Mr. E. Lawrence, who, with about 

 two dozen others, was standing at the right-hand corner, quickly made up 

 his mind, and put about half a field between himself and them before they 

 knew what they were about. Hounds bore to the right, and crossed the 

 Hastingwood Common Road, leaving Mr. Bawtree's house on the left — 

 lucky that white gate in front of us was open, the only practicable place 

 in the fence, or you would have wanted a timber jumper like the one Col. 

 Lockwood was riding when he showed us the way over four or five seasons 

 ago. 



Hounds streamed over the grass as if for Weald Coppice, but, bearing 

 sharp to the right, took us over a rapid succession of fences, in and out of 



