FOX-HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS 93 



At the end of the first season we had a capital 

 week, considering it was the month of ApriL 

 On the 6th we met at Savernake Ruins ; found in 

 Birch Copse ; ran through Henswood to Chisbury, 

 and lost. Drew Savernake Wood ; found directly ; 

 ran through Puthall and Henswood to Birch 

 Copse, by Tottenham House, and round the 

 Forest to the Eight Walks, and back to the 

 Monument, and killed ; one hour and twenty 

 minutes' good forest hunting. 



April 10. Collingbourn Shears. — Found in 

 the Clay-pits, and ran a ring round the Rags, 

 through Shaw Copse, back through the Rags 

 and Heath Copse to Scots Poor, by Jubilee 

 Clump, through Chantry; forced him through 

 the wood and out by Crawlboy's Farm, over 

 Ludgershall Common, through Mr. Young's 

 plantation to the top of Tedworth Hill, where 

 there were two lines, and he beat us. Found 

 again on Sidbury Hill, and ran very fast through 

 Dunch Hill to Shipton, where a false hallo 

 took us back to Tedworth, and we were obliged 

 to give it up. With a little luck this would 

 have been a good day, as it was one of the very 

 few this season on which hounds could realty 

 push their fox along. 



April 13. Southgrove. — Two hallos directly 

 hounds were put into covert. Went away to- 



