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of country. Here one fox was viewed, but must have laid down, as we could 

 make nothing of it. Good day's sport. 



Monday, January 26th, Tuthury Citation. — Found at Rolleston, ran up to the 

 coverts at Needwood House and killed, forty minutes altogether from the time 

 we found. Drew Black Brook Covert, Cupandition, and Hare Holds blank. 

 Found in Castle Hayes Gorse, but the fox went to groimd in the main earth in 

 the next field ! Drew along the Forest Banks, found by Marchington Cliff, ran 

 all along the Banks, and through Bagot's Woods and back again. 



Tuesday, Norbury. — No fox in Hope Wood, the osier-bed, or Marston Park. 

 Several on foot in Eaton Wood. Ran one by Marston Montgomery and on to 

 Sudbury Coppice, and over the Ashbourne road, but the scent was very bad and 

 we lost him. Found a brace of foxes in the osier-bed at Doveridge. Ran one 

 down the meadows to Sudbury, when he turned along the lake and went over 

 the Park to Sapperton, without going into the covert ; hunted him on for a bit 

 and gave it up. Poor scent. Found. again at Sapperton, ran hard within a field 

 of Sudbury Park, when he turned back and ran by the left of Boylestone Hill, 

 almost back to Sapperton, but kept on up to Barton, and pointed as if for 

 Alkmonton, but unfortunately a fresh fox jumped up in a small spinny, and we 

 changed. Good gallop of twenty minutes. Scent much improved. 



Thursday, Dalbury. — Found in the Rough at Radburne, ran a wide ring, 

 by Sutton Gorse, back to Radburne, and killed near Newton's osiers. Fifty-five 

 minutes. Sutton blank. Found at Foston, ran over the road and nearly down 

 to Scropton. Here he turned back, and eventually went to Sapperton and back 

 to Foston, where the scent failed over the foiled ground, and we gave it up. 



Saturday, Swarkeston Bridge. — A brace of foxes in Gorsty Leys. Had a 

 very fast ring with one, through Ingleby Heath, and to ground in the earths at 

 Anchor church. Found again at Calke, by the Pistern Hill, and ran to ground 

 in Hartshorn Gorse. The best scenting day altogether I have seen this season, 

 and we should have killed both these foxes, if they had stayed above ground. 

 Found a third fox in Repton Shrubs, ran down to Calke and gave it up, as it was 

 late. I did not get home till 7.35. 



Monday, February 2nd, Anslow. — Killed a brace of \e\'y bad foxes in the 

 Henhurst, after running them a short time. Found again in Sinai Park, ran to 

 the covert above Tatenhill, where we checked a long time, and the scent was so 

 bad when we got on the line again, that we gave it up. Knightley Park blank. 

 Found in the Rocket Oak, ran a ring to ground near Callingwood. Found again 

 in the Deanery Plantation, walked after one fox for a bit, but there was no 

 scent. 



Tuesday, Boylestone. — Found in the covert by Potter's House, but the field, 

 generally, tried to catch the fox, and, as there were only three couples of hounds, 

 the fox was not caught. Longford, Bentley Car, Cubley, Aldermoor, at Sudbury ; 

 osier-bed, Dingle, and Lady Coppice, at Doveridge, all blank. Found several 

 foxes in Eaton Wood, but there was no scent, and we could only walk after one 

 as far as Doveridge. 



Thursday, MicMeo ver. — Frost. 

 Saturday, Loxley. — Frost. 

 Monday, February 9th, Newborouyh. — Frost. 

 Tuesday, Bretby. — Frost. 



Friday, Eggiuton. — Frost sufficiently gone by twelve o'clock to hunt, but 

 only about six people out. Found in the gorse, hunted up to Burnaston, but 

 there was no scent, and we could not get on, so went back to the gorse, where 

 there were a brace of foxes. Result the same as with the first one. Went to 



