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violent storm stopped us for a long time, and afterwards hunted him slowly on to 

 Dunstall and over the Burton road, and there he turned short back and went to 

 ground. 



Thursday, March \Bth, Meynell-Langley. — A fox went away from the gorse 

 before the hounds came, which accounted for drawing it blank. Drew a good 

 many small coverts, but did not find till we got to Egginton. A fox broke at 

 once from the gorse and went up the meadows towards Hilton, crossed the Derby 

 road by Hilton Town end, up to Sutton, within two fields of the Ash, where a 

 man headed him, and we had a check — twenty minutes up to this, and very 

 pretty. Hit him off a2;ain and went by Dalbury as if he meant going to Radburne, 

 but he turned to the left by Trusley, kept on up the brook side, over the Long 

 Lane, up to Burrows, where he checked again for some time, but got on the line 

 and went on to Brailsford, where we gave it up, as the fox was a long way ahead 

 of us, and had evidently gone on to Ravensdale Park or to Kedleston. Went to 

 Culland with a field reduced to five, found three foxes, ran one very fast within a 

 couple of fields of the Parson's Gorse, where the ploughs stopped us, and we went 

 home. Very good day's sport. 



Saturday, March 15th, Loxley. — There was a fox in the Park Covert, but 

 absolutely no scent, and we lost him immediately. Found in the Kingston 

 Woods, ran to Bagot's Woods, turned to the left and across the open to Loxley, 

 where we lost him. 



Monday, March llth, Yoscall village. — Drew Eough Park blank. Found in 

 the covert by the Cross Hayes, ran to Hoar Cross, leaving the Birchwood to our 

 right, very fast up to Lord's Coppice. Here we took a ring round the woods and 

 out over the park towards Hart's Coppice, but turned short back, and was pulled 

 down in the open after a good run of an hour and eight minutes. Drew Birch- 

 wood, Roost Hill, and the Chantrey blank. 



Tuesday, March 18th, Snelston. — Found in Holly Wood, ran fast for twelve 

 minutes and to gi'ound in a drain near Cubley Gorse. Drew the rest of the 

 Snelston coverts, Shirley Park, and Longford blank. Chopped a vixen in Bentley 

 Car. Went aw^ay with another fox, but, as she turned out to be a vixen, we 

 stopped the hounds. Drew Sapperton blank. 



Thursday, March 20th, LtiUington. — Drew Lullington, Catton (earths open 

 and vixens in them), and Walton AVood blank. Came over the water and drew 

 some coverts of Mr. Hardy's, in the meadows, but did not find. Found in the 

 Brakenhurst, and ran rather nicely for a bit, as if he meant going for Hollybush, 

 but turned to the left by Newborough, and went on to the Chantrey, where we 

 lost him. 



Saturday, March 22nd, CJiartley. — A brace of foxes in Shaw's Rough, but 

 could do nothing with them. Earths open on the Moss and no fox to be found. 

 Drew some plantations at Hixon blank ; the Coley coverts the same ; ditto 

 Moreton Gorse and Blythe Moor. Found a fox on Newton-hurst, but there was 

 no scent, and we only walked after him as far as the big woods and gave it up. 



Monday, March 24<A, Brereton village. — Found a fox in Brereton Hayes. 

 Ran very fast for ten minutes, to ground in an earth on the Chace, and soon 

 found another fox, which we ran for some time, but the scent was bad and we 

 could not kill him. 



Tuesday, March 25th, Draycott Cliff. — Drew the Greaves blank, and, hearing 

 there were some cubs above ground near Marchington ClilV, we trotted off to 

 Castle Hayes, where we did not find, but we found a fox close by in Hare Holds, 

 and had a capital gallop. He pointed at first for Rolleston Park, but turned to 

 the left by Castle Hayes Park, down to Fauld, ran along the meadows by the 



