1831] MR. MEYNELL'S DIARY. 117 



There is nothing much else worthy of remark, except 

 perhaps that the Master had greater cause for complaint 

 about his hounds being over-ridden, probably because 

 sport was not quite so good. 



On June 1st, 1831, there was a great discovery of 

 coins in the river-bed at Tutbury, as many as a hundred 

 thousand being found altogether. They were said to 

 have been thrown into the Dove by the Earl of Lancaster 

 when Edward II. ousted him from the castle as a rebellious 

 subject. 



Foxes killed, seventeen brace ; dug out and let go, 

 two brace ; to ground, six and a half brace ; lost, twenty- 

 one and a half brace ; blank days, two. 



1831-1832. 



The pack, which was always steadily on the increase, 

 now consisted of forty-two and a half couples, and drafts 

 had been from time to time introduced from all the 

 famous kennels, including the Duke of Beaufort's, Lord 

 Fitzwilliam's, Lord Lonsdale's, Lord Middleton's, Mr. 

 Heron's, Mr. Foljambe's, Mr. Savile's, Lord Tavistock's, 

 Sir T. Mostyn's, Mr. Shaw's, Mr. Shirley's, Lord Anson's, 

 and Sir H. Mainwaring's. 



Cub-hunting began in the Brakenhurst on August 22nd, 

 and they found during cub-hunting only fourteen and a 

 half brace of cubs, of which they killed six and a half 

 and ran three and a half brace to ground. 



The first interesting item is on October 8th, when 

 little Tom had it all to himself in a good run from the 

 Henhurst and all through the woods. At the end he had 

 his fox "dead beat all amongst the hounds," but he 

 escaped after all, as he frequently did under similar 

 circumstances. The Master, having his rheumatism to 

 think of, had gone home because of the heavy rain. His 

 field did not like rain much either, for he very often 

 mentions how he and the men were left alone, everybody 

 having gone home on account of the rain. 



