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through Handleasow Wood, over the Park, towards Plixon, but turned to the left, 

 and ran down the meadows by the Moreton brook almost to the gorse at Blith- 

 field, but turned to the right, and tried the earth on Charles' farm, and we lost him 

 soon after, and I have no doubt he turned back for Chartley. Found a vixen in 

 the Coley coverts, ran her down to Great Haywood and lost her. Not much scent. 

 Monday, March l^th, Hoar Cross village. — Found in the Brakenhurst, ran a 

 ring and killed. Found a second fox in the covert by the road between Braken- 

 hurst and Yoxall, ran through Yoxall, and .back to the Bi-akenhurst, where he 

 got to gi'onnd just before the hounds. 



Tuesday, Bentley Brickyard. — No fox in Longford Car, but found in the 

 Reeve's Moor. Ran by Yeavely up to Snelston, where he turned just short of the 

 Holly Wood, and ran down to Cubley, through the covert there, and pointed as 

 if for Sudbury, but turned to the left near the turnpike road up to Bentley. As 

 his point seemed to be the car, Charles held the hounds on, and we were obliged 

 to go away with a fresh fox, as there were two, if not three, vixens heavy in cub in 

 the gorse, and we were afraid of catching one of them. Hunted this fox down to 

 Longford, but could not get on with him. Went to Potter's Covert, but did not 

 find. The first run was very good, and hounds ran fast, but the fox never went 

 straight. Country very heavy. Good day's sport. 



TJiursday, Bretly. — Found in Repton Shrubs, ran into the Park, whore four 

 or 6ve couples of hounds got on unseen, and ran hard through Carver's Rocks up 

 to the road beyond. Here we got up to them with the rest of the hounds, and 

 hunted down to Calke, where we lost in a heavy storm of wind and rain. Calke, 

 Gorsty Leys, and Inglesby Heath blank. Trotted back to Bretby, but did not 

 find again. 



Saturday, Blithhury. — Drew all the coverts blank. Rough Park the same. 

 Found in Brakenhurst. Ran along Jackson's Bank to Hollybush and lost. 



Monday, March 23rd, Yoxall village. — Very hot day. Ran a ring from the 

 coppice, Wichnor, and killed. Found again in Yoxall Lodge Hills, ran by 

 Byrkley to Rangemore, through the Deanery Plantation back to Yoxall, almost 

 the same ring again, and killed at the back of the stables at Rangemore. Both 

 dog foxes. 



Tuesday, Spread Eagle. — After a long delay a fox went away from Egginton 

 Gorse, and we ran hard up to Spilsbury's Covert. Here he turned back, and we 

 hunted him down to the canal by Egginton, and should have killed him if the 

 people had not persistently ridden before the hounds. Found at Rolleston, and 

 ran to ground by Rolleston Park. Castle Hayes, Hare Holds, and Cupandition 

 Covert blank. 



Thursday, The Neio Inn. — Found in " the Oaks " at Rangemore, ran a ring 

 by Dunstall, back by HighHns Park, through the far corner of Bannister's Rough, 

 up to the Firs, on through Yoxall and Byrkley, and back to Rangemore, where 

 we viewed him, dead beat, by the gardens. Forty-two minutes up to this. 

 Here we had a long check, but found he had gone through the garden, and hit it 

 off again, and killed him in Knightley Park. Parson's Gorse blank. Found in 

 the Greaves, but did nothing. 



Saturday, Bagofs Woods. — A regular woodland day, and very little scent, 

 but managed to get hold of a brace of foxes. 



Monday, March 30th, Ansloiu. — Found in the Henhurst, and ran to ground 

 almost immediately. Left a vixen there. Drew Sinai Park and Dunstall blank. 

 A fox slipped away from the latter place just after we had left it. Found at 

 Byrkley Lodge, ran a ring to Knightley Park and back, but stopped the hounds, 

 as we found it was a vixen. 



