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he has continued with the hounds ever since. He is 

 whipped-in to by a nephew, Charles Long, a most res- 

 pectable quiet man, and a son, Nimrod, and if he 

 becomes as good a man as his father, he will have great 

 reason to be satisfied with his good fortune. 



As a specimen of the sport which the Duke of 

 Beaufort's hounds afford, I introduce the particulars 

 of two runs which they had in one day, the 10th of 

 March, 1853. It may be, and doubtless often has been, 

 exceeded in respect to the time of a single run, but 

 with reference to the pace, the distance of ground 

 passed over, and the two runs combined, it may be 

 considered the perfection of a day's sport, and 

 thoroughly in accordance with the prevailing taste. 

 The expression made use of by my informant, who was 

 with them, was, " they had two good days' sport in 

 one." The place of meeting was Yate Turnpike, and 

 they found on Yate Common, went away immediately, 

 crossing the Bristol road clos€ by the railway station, 

 passed the Yate Colliery, leaving the village on the 

 right, making a strong point for Mapleridge Bushes ; 

 but the pace was too good, and the fox turned to the 

 right over Sodbury Ridings to the margin of Sodbury 

 Common, leaving the town on the right and Haines 

 Grove on the left ; over the vale through Wapley 

 Bushes by Westerleigh village, across the Bristol rail- 

 road, and ran into their fox in the open a few fields 

 from the Ram-hill covert on Coalpit Heath. Time, 

 fifty-five minutes. The second fox was found in the 

 pleasure grounds at Dodington, the seat of Sir William 

 Codrington, one of the county members. They went 

 away ver>' fast over the park, when they crossed the 

 road leading from Bath to Tormarton half a mile on 

 the Bath side of Cross Hands, over the wall countr>^ 

 for lies Quarry, evidently intending to visit Bad- 

 minton, but being hard pressed, made a short turn 

 before reaching New House farm, bearing to the left 

 for Eyegrove, leaving the Plough and Cross Hands on 

 the left over Old Sodbury Hill, and across the Bristol 



