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known to Melton men as practicable in places, 

 takes a lot of jumping indiscriminately. But 

 he soon re-mounted, and was witk the pack 

 as they crossed the turnpike towards Melton 

 Spinney, where all traces faded, after a very 

 fast gallop of fifty-five minutes, though detailed 

 proceedings carried them a quarter of an hour 

 longer. A short trot led to Thorpe Arnold, 

 where, at the request of the famous sportsman, 

 Mr. Edward Burbidge, a halt was called, and 

 that gentleman's hospitality dispensed to the 

 field. On nearing the covert planted and 

 cherished by that ardent lover of the chase, 

 sometime elapsed before Gillard allowed hounds 

 to enter, in the hope that the noble Master, 

 who had gone to Melton for a change of clothes 

 in lieu of those which had been saturated in 

 the brook, might be able to rejoin the field. 

 There were vixens, however, reported to have 

 nurseries at hand, so the place was left, and 

 Coston Covert furnished a fox who afforded 

 a good hunting run by Wymondham and 

 Stonesby and saved his brush. 



On Saturday, March 20th, 1875, after meet- 

 ing at Goadby, they had a rattling run from 



