194 FOX-HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS 



rington — a dog-fox that had been wired. Found 

 in Arthingworth Gorse; went away very quick 

 by Langborough, over the Turnpike road, then 

 to the right nearly to Oxendon ; turned again 

 over the road, along the Braybrook Grounds, 

 and up through Hermitage Wood — thirty-nine 

 minutes' capital; ran him up on to Brampton 

 Wood, brought him back over the Earths, and 

 killed him in the Hermitage Wood — an old dog- 

 fox ; an exceeding good run. Rode Skylark 

 and Leopold.'' 



Soon after this the Diary ceases, and it is only 

 mentioned that hunting continued four days a 

 week until the end of the month. Sport appears 

 to have been quite excellent throughout, and the 

 Pytchley was what he had long wished for; 

 but why Sir Bellingham left that splendid 

 country after one brief season must for ever 

 remain a mystery. Whatever the cause may 

 have been, it was evidently not in order to 

 retrench, as the following autumn of 1821 he 

 was to be found Master of the Quorn, with his 

 hunting establishment on a larger scale than ever. 



