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went away with hounds in his wake, and it 

 was evident there was a much improved scent 

 as they passed within hail of Debdale, 

 with Frank Gillard and Mr. James Hutchinson 

 nearest the pack. Mr. Hemery, Mr. Lubbock, 

 and Major Amcotts electing a lower line of 

 country, rode to the musical strains in front of 

 them over Sewston lane, scarcely able to 

 discern the spotted beauties on the other 

 side of blackthorn enclosures in the 

 glittering sheen of a setting sun. When the 

 lane was crossed hounds swung to the right, 

 and the three gentlemen so favoured had the 

 best of it, the huntsman and Mr. Hutchinson 

 having sharp work to get near them pointing 

 for Normanton Covert. This lay on the right, 

 the pack running west to the river Devon, 

 with odds on their crossing the Newark and 

 Bottesford Railway. But as an expert is 

 exercising his skill as a locksmith with a 

 stirrup iron upon the crossing gates, Mr. 

 Hemery detects the pack bearing towards 

 Staunton, and the little band race over grass 

 in that direction, with fences big enough to 

 baffle a bull and equally blind. They reached 

 Staunton in twenty-six minutes, and unfor- 

 tunately getting on the line of a fresh fox as 



