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Trotted off to my little osier-bed, found a brace of foxes, ran one, by West 

 Broughton, into the meadows by the river, and to gi'ound in a drain. Sixteen 

 minutes. Drew all the coverts at Sudbury blank, including the Park and 

 Sebastopol. 



Thursday, Sutton Mill. — Found in the old gorse, ran slowly up to Newton's 

 osier-bed, and on to the gorse at Langley. Hunted through it and up to Langley 

 village, when he turned back, and we lost him near Radburne. Found in the 

 Squire's Gorse on Langley Common, ran fast up to the Vicar Wood, which he 

 did not touch, and went on as if for Wild Park, but turned to the left, and we 

 hunted him back to where we had found him, and had him dead beat before us, 

 but he either got to ground, or the scent failed over the foiled ground. 



Saturday, Chartley. — Found a very bad fox in the Shaw, ran through Hand- 

 leasow Wood, down to the Moss, and backwards and forwards till we lost him. 

 Drew Gratwich Wood blank. Trotted off to Loxley, and drew the Park Covert, 

 the Alder Car, and Baker's Pit, without finding another fox. 



Monday, December 22nd, The Neio Inn. — Found in the Deanery Plantations 

 at Rangemore ; kept ringing about between there and Dunstall, and killed him. 

 Found again at Dunstall. Ran down to Barton, back along the meadows, and to 

 ground in a main earth at Dunstall. Drew the Needwood House Coverts, Black 

 Brook, Cupandition, and the Hare Holds blank. 



Tuesday, Foston. — A fox went away of his own accord from the Lemon Hole, 

 crossed the turnpike road, and went by Sapperton up to Potter's Covert, but, 

 though we hunted down to Barton, and on by the Spath, it was quite useless, 

 as there were certainly four foxes on foot, and we kept changing from one to 

 another. Found again at Sapperton, raced up-wind to Sudbury, but, unfortu- 

 nately, he was headed at the Windy Bank, turned back through the Bottoms, 

 back by Sapperton, and we killed him in the open, just beyond Bentley Brickyard- 

 Very good day. 



Kedleston.— Found in Ravensdale Park. No doubt the same fox we ran to 

 ground there from Snelston on December 2nd, as he went back almost the same 

 line as he came, but, unfortunately, we checked in a lane after we had been going 

 ten minutes, and were only able to walk after hira, so we gave it up by HuUand. 

 Found again in Bradley Bottoms, a real good hill fox, ran up to Bradley, when he 

 bore to the right in the direction of Wirksworth, turned again by Atlow Mill, 

 over the hill to Kniveton, and on to Ashbourne Green, where we lost him. 

 Never a good scent at any time during the day. 



Saturday, BUthbury.— Killed a fox in Pipe Wood. Got on another that was 

 halloaed away at the bottom end of the covert, and ran him very prettily by 

 Cross Hayes, and across Hoar Cross Park into the Brakenhurst, twenty-five 

 minutes. The same fox, no doubt, as he came exactly the same line, that we 

 hunted on November 8th. Four or five foxes on loot in the Brakenhurst. 

 Hunted one about the wood, along Jackson's Bank, through Byrkley Lodge, down 

 to Knightley Park, and back to the Holly Bank, where we killed him. 



Monday, December 29th, Hanbury village. — Frost. 



Tuesday, Boylestone. — Frost. 



Wednesday, Castle JJayes. — Bye day. Found in the gorse, ran down to the 

 Dove, which he crosseS' opposite Scropton, and bore to the right along the 

 meadows to Marston-on-Dove, where he re-crossed the river, ran by Rolleston, 

 and went to gi-ound in a drain near Rolleston Park. Time, one hour and a 

 quarter. Capital line of country, all grass, but hounds never ran fast. 



Mr. Thomas (better known as "Tom") Smith, of 



