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Friday, December 13th. Easton Lodge. The Prince of Wales out. 

 A blank day. 



Did not drop in for any run worth recording this season before Saturday, 

 December 14th, when Mr. E. Ball mounted me on his chestnut mare 

 " Lucy," and we had a real clinker from Witney Wood near Fyfield. 

 The day impresses itself on my memory, as Colonel Maclean, of the Royals, 

 and a lot of his brother officers were out, and they rode as straight as 

 British officers generally do, and did not mind falling ; I believe there were 

 three of them down in line e'er we reached Stondon ; the huntsman had 

 been hung up once and rescued by Mr. R. Ball, for we came over a 



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very rough country. Running by Menagerie Wood, through Navestock 

 and on to Dudbrook, pulling our fox down in a covert close to Navestock 

 Heath ; one hour and thirty minutes, most of it very fast. Among those out 

 I noticed the following : The Master, Mr. C. E. Green, his brother George, 

 Lady Brooke, Miss Jones, Miss Caldwell, Messrs. R. Ball, Jones, Major 

 Tait, Miss Tait, Messrs. Pelly, R. Wood, H. Fowler, Len. Pelly, Jack 

 Pelly, Hull, Pemberton, Barnes, Horner, Rev. F. Fane, Miss Fane, A. 

 Waters, Mrs. Waters, A. P. Lucas, Caldwell, George Brown, George Hart, 

 H. Sworder, H. Miller, R. Bevan, Tyndale White. 



A short sketch of the late Mr. Vigne's hunting career has 

 appeared in print more than once, and although a volume might 

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