326 THE MEYNELL HOUNDS. [1872 



Thursday, November 1th, Radhurne. — Two or three foxes in the Rough. 

 One went away towards Dalbury Lees, then turned to the left, over the brook, 

 and ran down to Sutton Gorse, Twenty minutes, fast. Two fresh foxes went 

 away from the gorse, and at last our run fox, who ran a ring by Dalbury and 

 back within a field of the gorse. Eleven minutes, very fast. Took the hounds 

 on to the old gorse, where there was a fox, but whether or not our run fox I 

 do not know. Soon lost him. Found another fox in the large gorse, ran a 

 ring and killed him in a pit-hole, close to the covert where we had found him. 

 Drew several coverts about Foston without finding again. Trotted on and drew 

 round the house at Barton with the same result. 



Saturday, November 9th, Anslow. — A long trot to Dove Cliff and no fox in 

 the osier-bed. Found at Eolleston in the covert near the Burton road. It was 

 some minutes before he went away. He then crossed the road and bore to the 

 right by RoUeston Park, over a capital country up to Castle Hayes, through the 

 covert there, and to ground close before the hounds in the cliff at Coton. Time, 

 from find to finish, forty minutes, of which thirty minutes was as fast as hounds 

 could go. Found in the Cupandition Covert, ran by Needwood House plantations, 

 only just going through the corner of one, left Knightley Park to the right, on 

 within a field of the Henhurst, turned to the right, on to the Dunstall Coverts, 

 through them to Bannister's Rough and down to Knightley Park, where scent got 

 very cold and we stopped the hounds. Capital fox and a capital hunting run, 

 hounds at times going very fast. 



Monday, November- Wth, Dover idge. — Only one fox in the whole of the 

 parish, which ran a ring and got to ground in a drain by Minors' House. Trotted 

 off to Cubley. Drew all the coverts blank. Found a fox in Bentley Car, which 

 broke in the direction of Longford, and no doubt went on, but we got on a fresh 

 fox in a pit-hole the other side of the road, which came back, and we himted him 

 slowly by Cubley, and to ground in a rabbit-hole by the Sudbury and Ashbourne 

 road. 



Tuesday, November 12th, Wichnor. — Very nearly chopped a fox, but he got 

 clear through the hounds and went along the meadows by the Trent, and crossed 

 the river by King's Bromley. We had to go round by the bridge, and found the 

 hounds at fault in King's Bromley Park, the fox, no doubt, having gone on for 

 Black Slough. Bad scent, but a capital line of country. Went back to Wichnor 

 and found another fox, but the scent was so bad we had to give it up and go 

 home. 



Thursday, November lUh, Kedleston. — Found one fox in Breward's Car, ran 

 him about for some time, and lost him. All the other Kedleston coverts blank. 

 Trotted off to Wild Park, but no fox at home. Very wet day and very cold, and 

 no scent at any time. 



Saturday, November IQth, Chartley. — Found on the Moss, ran a couple of 

 rings with him and lost. There were four or five couples of hounds forward 

 which stopped us. Found anotlier fox in Handleasow Wood, ran down to 

 Gratwich Wood, back to where we found him, across Chartley Park, through the 

 Moss, over the road as if he was going for Newton Gorse, but he turned instead 

 to the left, crossed the Blythe, ran through the corner of Kingston Wood and 

 through Housalem's Coppice into Bagot's Woods, where we stopped the hounds. 

 Nice hunting run. 



Monday, November \9>th, Egginton. — Four foxes in the gorse. Got away 

 with one over the road, leaving Burnaston to the i-ight and Etwall to the left, up 

 to Dalbury, on by the brook side almost up to Sutton village, where he was viewed, 

 dead beat, in the road. Could make nothing of it, so went on to the Spath, 



