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Monday, October 28th, Sudbury Coppice. — Ran a fox about for some time 

 between the Coppice and the Bottoms, and eventually lost him. Found again, 

 but could do no good on the foiled ground. Went to Sapperton. No fox in the 

 covert, but one lying in the next field to it, which ran to Sudbury Park, and two 

 more foxes jumped up in a turnip-field. He crossed the Park to the Coppice, and 

 we could do no good with him. Drew the Plantation in the Park, but did 

 not find. 



Tuesday, October 29th, The Neiv Lin. — Found in Hanbury Park Covert, ran 

 back through the Needwood House Plantations, and on to Castle Hayes, and lost 

 him in a storm of rain. Drew the Hare Holds Rough and Cupandition Wood 

 blank, also Kingstanding osier-bed. Found at Byrkley Lodge and ran to 

 Yoxall. Three or four foxes on foot, hounds divided, and I went away by the 

 New Church with nine and a half couples of hounds, through Jackson's Bank 

 and on to Hoar Cross village. 



Thursday, October 31st, SteMson Lock. — A brace, if not three foxes in 

 Arleston Gorse. Ran one across Sintin Moor almost to Chellaston, when he 

 turned to the right at the Canal, and killed him by Swarkestone, about thirty 

 minutes. Fomid in Hell Meadows, ran a ring and back to the covert, where we 

 got on the line of another fox that had gone away, and the scent was cold, 

 and we lost him. Trotted to Spilsbury's Plantations, where a man told us he 

 had seen a fox go in ten minutes before — no doubt our fox from Hell Meadows. 

 There he was, sure enough, and went back to Hell Meadows and on to Arleston 

 Gorse, where we viewed him dead beat, but he got into some farm buildings, 

 where we left him, not caring for more blood. 



Saturday, November 2nd, BUthhury. — Cawarden Springs, Ridware Planta- 

 tions, Pipe Wood, and Pear Tree Gorse blank. Trotted off to Moreton Gorse, 

 found a brace of foxes, ran one across to Blythe Moor and back to the gorse, then 

 over the brook up to Newton Gorse, where he was headed back and went to 

 Kingstone Woods. Capital hunting run. 



Monday, November 4tth, Loxley. — Many foxes in Carry Coppice. Ran round 

 and round for some time, crossed the railway to Bramshall, and lost. Found in 

 Philips' Gorse, ran up to Carry Coppice, and eventually on, with a fresh fox, to 

 Birchwood Park, leaving our beaten one with five or six couples of hounds 

 behind. Any quantity of foxes on foot. Too many for sport. 



Tuesday, November- 5th, Boylestone village. — Chopped a fox in Potter's 

 Covert. Ran another to Mamerton, back below Potter's, slow hunting down to 

 Sapperton. Went on to Foston, where we again got on to our run fox. We 

 went back to Barton, leaving Church Broughton on the right, by Potter's 

 Covert, down to the Alkmonl on Bottoms ; when he turned sharp in the 

 direction of Cubley, but he turned back, and we left him. Cubley blank. Found 

 in Bentley Car. The fox went away at the top side by Bentley Hall, and then to 

 the right almost down to Alkmonton Bottoms, over the road and to within a 

 field or two of Potter's Covert. Here he turned to the right, and ran below 

 Potter's House down to Foston Mill, when Charles viewed him in the same field 

 as the hounds, but a fresh fox jumped up out of a small osier-bed and went back 

 to Potter's Covert, which saved our run fox's life. Three couples of hounds got 

 a long start with the one that went back, and we never caught them with the 

 rest of the pack till we got to Potter's. From there we turned to the right, 

 ran down the meadows to Mamerton, and we killed him in the stackj^ard of 

 Hewitt's Farm. Time from Foston, forty minutes. Found in the Spath, ran 

 fast up to Hilton, through the gorse and back again, down to Sutton Mill, where 

 he was headed, and we lost him. 



