336 THE MEYNELL HOUNDS. [1873 



Thursday, February Qth, Badburne.—Drew the Rough blank. Found in 

 the Parson's Gorse. Ran hard for a quarter of an hour and to ground, near 

 Langley village, in a sough under the road. Found again in Langley Gorse, a 

 very bad ringing fox, which we hunted round and round, and finally lost near 

 Radburne. The Nursery and Newton's osiers blank. Trotted off to Sutton, 

 found and ran by the Old Gorse, over the road towards Hilton, but there was 

 not much scent, so we stopped the hounds, not wishing to get into Hilton. 



Saturday, February Sth, BUthbury. — All the covers there blank, also Moreton 

 Gorse, at Blithfield. Found three foxes all together in Blythe Moor, and killed 

 a dog fox almost immediately. A brace of foxes in Hart's Coppice, but the very 

 worst scent I have seen this year. 



Monday, February 10 th, Boyleston village. — Found at Sapper ton, ran by 

 Sudbury Park into the Coppice, out towards Cubley village, and down to 

 Marston Park, where we killed him, after a nice gallop of forty-five minutes. 

 Never a good scent, but the hounds were close behind their fox the whole way. 

 Drew Bentley Car, Longford, Alkmonton, and Potter's Cover blank. Found 

 at Foston, ran up to Hilton Gorse, and killed him in the cover. 



Tuesday, February llth, Walton village. — Frost. 



Thursday, February ISth, Egginton. — Several foxes in the Gorse. Ran 

 round and round, and got away two or three times, but the foxes were bad ones 

 and kept coming back. Scent very bad. Drew Sutton blank, and the Spath 

 Covert, but found in a little osier-bed by Sutton Mill, and walked after him 

 almost up to Radburne, where we stopped the hounds, the fox having gone to 

 Newton's osiers. 



Saturday, February 15th, Char tley.— Found in the Gorse at Shaw, ran by 

 the corner of Handleasow Wood, close by Gratwich Wood, over the Blythe and 

 the railway to the Park Covert at Loxley, where the fox was viewed quite beat ; 

 but, unfortunately, we went away with a fresh one, by Kingston village, on to 

 Prior's Coppice, through the Woods, and across Bagot's Park, where he turned 

 sharp to the left and back along the cliffs to Buttermilk Hill. Here he doubled 

 short back, ran along the Woods and out at the bottom end towards Marchington, 

 but turned to the right at Smallwood, went by Littlewood's Farm, through the 

 Banks, across Agardsley, over the road and through Hollybush Park, by HoUis' 

 house, and killed him in Bull's Park. Capital hunting nm of three hours and 

 ten minutes from the time we found at Chartley. 



Monday, February llth, Yoxall village. — Wychnor blank, also the Fir 

 Covert by Silverhill. Found in Bannister's Rough, Rangemore, had a capital 

 slow hunting run all over the Forest for three hours and five minutes, and killed 

 our fox by Hoar Cross village. Several fresh foxes on foot in the Brakenhurst, 

 and innumerable halloas, but the hounds stuck to the line of the hunted fox, and 

 regularly walked him to death. 



Tuesday, February ISth, Snelston. — Found in the Cinder Hills, went away 

 at a great pace as if for Eaton Woods, but at Raddle Wood he turned to the left, 

 crossed Marston Common, down to Cubley Gorse, and on to Vernon's Oak, where 

 we came to a check. Time, thirty-three minutes, very fast indeed. Here we 

 were a long time before we got on to the line again, but when we did, went 

 through Sudbury Coppice, across the Park, and down to Sapperton, beyond which 

 place we could make nothing of it. A capital gallop down to Sudbury, though 

 the hounds slipped on for a bit between Sudbury and Cubley. Drew again, but 

 did not find another fox. 



Thursday, February 20th, Swarkeston Bridge.— Found a fox in Gorsty Leys, 

 but the scent was bad, and we soon lost him. Drew Ingleby Heath blank, and 



