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when hounds met at Great Gonerby. This is 

 looked upon as the foot-people's meet, and 

 being market day at the neighbouring town of 

 Grantham, the attendance was limited. The 

 farmers, who had sought to transact their 

 business in good time and get a bit of hunting 

 afterwards, were doomed to disappointment on 

 learning that hounds had found at once and 

 gone right out of sight and hearing. The 

 morning was suggestive of spring, with a light 

 north wind as they moved off to Belton Gorse, 

 which was drawn blank. Cooper's reply to 

 querists, as to where we should go next, was 

 ^' To Jericho " ; and although the answer 

 might sound perplexing in the ears of 

 strangers, the sequel explained that no joke was 

 intended. Hounds having been put into the 

 lower wood, found directly, and got away on 

 good terms with their fox through the fir 

 plantations towards Marston. Passing by 

 Hougham Mill, they turned up to the right, 

 and ran through the western outskirts of 

 Barkston Gorse. They then continued a 

 northern course past Carlton Ashes and 

 Gelston to Lovedon Hill, where a little delay 

 was caused by a fresh fox breaking away on the 

 west. The matter was soon righted, and 



