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minutes, but soon lost, as there was so much snow 

 water on the ground. Drew Enderby blank. 

 Rode Oculist and Freemason." 



There appears to have been much snow and 

 frost this season. After the 9th of January, except- 

 ing one or two days, there was no hunting for 

 many weeks, and subsequently these notes were 

 not resumed ; but it is clear that after two 

 apparently successful seasons with the Quorn, 

 Sir Bellingham quitted Leicestershire for ever, 

 though he continued as M.F.H. elsewhere for a 

 few more years. Owing to some of the old 

 diaries being incomplete it has been difficult to 

 produce more than a general summary of what 

 occurred, omitting mention of doubtful days and 

 recording only periods of the best sport. 



This, indeed, has been my constant aim 

 throughout the pages of these rambling recollec- 

 tions, and from first to last I have been much 

 inclined towards the maxim of those words on 

 the old sundial : 



" Let others tell of storms and showers, 

 I only mark the sunny hours." 



