330 THE MEYNELL HOUNDS. [1872 



though our fox was only just before them, '. iCapital scent with this fox, and the 

 hounds ran hard up to Hilton, after that it was slow hunting. Time, one hour 

 and eight minutes. 



Saturday, December 21st, Kingston village. — Very foggy all day. Found at 

 Windy Hall, and soon got into Bagot's Woods, where there were too many foxes 

 on foot to do much good. 



Monday, December 23rd, Wychnor.—^o fox here, or at Rough Park ! Found 

 at once in the Brakenhurst, ran to Yoxall Lodge Hills, and back to the 

 Brakenhurst, on to Jackson's Bank, back thiough the big woods, to Yoxall 

 again, through Byrkley Lodge and to ground by the kitchen garden wall at 

 Kingstanding. 



Tuesday, December 24th, Shirley Park. — One fox reported to have gone away 

 towards Yeavely, while we were running another in cover, which eventually went 

 to ground in the cover. Trotted off to Ednaston and found in the gorse. A very 

 bad fox, and after two short rings he got to ground in the main earth in Brails- 

 ford Old Gorse. Found again at Culland, ran almost up to Brailsford village, 

 where a fresh fox jumped out of a pit-hole, and seemed as if he was making for 

 Longford, but bore to the left, by the Long Lane, almost up to the Parson's 

 Gorse, over the road and down to Radburne Rough, where we stopped the 

 hounds. Poor scent all day. 



Friday, December 27th, Langley Park. — Found in the gorse, and hunted 

 slowly by Langley village, the Parson's Gorse, through Radburne Park, on to the 

 osier bed below Mickleover, where our fox had evidently waited and not heard 

 us coming, as it was up wind, and here we got up to him, and ran fast down to 

 Mackworth, where he made a sharp turn to the left and back to the turnpike road. 

 He was viewed, dead beat, and must have got to ground somewhere, as we could 

 make nothing of it. A brute of a sheep dog chased him over the road, or we 

 must have killed him in a few minutes. Very provoking. Drew Markeaton and 

 Radburne blank, and went home. The time of our run from Langley to where 

 we lost him at Markeaton, was one hour and fifteen minutes. 



Saturday, December 28th, Chartley. — Found in the gorse at Shaw, ran a ring 

 and back across the Park — twenty minutes, fast, and checked. The fox had 

 tiu-ned short back, and the scent had got very bad, so we trotted back to 

 the gorse and found another fox. He went away through Birchwood Park up to 

 Sherratt's Wood, in the North Stafford country, where we gave it up, there 

 being no scent whatever. Found again in Handleasow Wood, rattled him once 

 round the cover, when he broke at the far end, and went by Gratwich Wood, 

 close to the village up to the road, where we came close to a long check and 

 lost him. 



Monday, December 30th, Eaton Wood. — A brace of foxes in the wood. Ran 

 one for forty-five minutes in the wood and to Doveridge and back, and killed him. 

 Trotted off to Sudbury and found in the coppice. The fox pointed as if for 

 Bentley Car, but, turning to the left, went through Cubley village, and we hunted 

 him slowly to Cubley Gorse ; here we got up to him, and had a very fast spin up 

 to Bentley Car, and killed liim in cover. Four other foxes in the gorse. 



Tuesday, December 31st, Ntwborough village. — Drew Holly Bush, the Parson's 

 Brake, Hanbury Park Cover, Needwood, Byrkley Lodge, and Yoxall Lodge Hills 

 without finding. Found a lot of foxes all together in Brakenhurst. Hounds 

 divided, part running to Yoxall, and a ring to the right and back to Braken- 

 hurst, the others going by Kingstanding, Needwood House, and up to Castle 

 Hayes. 



Thursday, 1873, January 2nd, Kedleston. — Only one solitary fox in the 



