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went away with a fresh one. Hunted on up to Bentley brickyard and stopped 

 the hounds. Good day. 



Thursday, Stenson Lock. — Found in Stenson fields, ran very nicely, but not 

 fast, up to Radburne, and killed in the Squire's Gorse, a fresh fox also, at the 

 same moment, falling a victim to the hounds. Fifty-four minutes. Found in 

 Langley Gorse, ran a few fields and back into the gorse, out over the Derby road, 

 almost to Brailsford, turned to the right near Wilde Park, and ran, parallel with 

 the brook, down to Kedleston, very fast over the Park, nearly to Markeaton, and 

 here there were two or three foxes before us, so we gave up, as every one had 

 had enough. Very good day's sport. 



Saturday, Loxhy. — Drew all the coverts blank. Found in Wanfield Hall 

 Coppice, ran a ring through Kingston Woods and back to where we found, and 

 lost. Found again in Bagot's Woods, ran about for some time, but there was no 

 scent any time during the day to catch a fox. 



Monday, February \st, Newhorough. — Hollybush blank. Birchwood and 

 Field House Coppice the same. Found in Hart's Coppice, ran a ring round the 

 covert, over the Park, along the Woods, and to ground in the Warren at Blith- 

 field. Thirty-two minutes as hard as ever hounds could run. Found again in 

 Lord's Coppice, ran over the Park several times and along the Forest Banks to 

 Marchington Cliff, and at last the fox got to ground under an oak in the Park, not 

 twenty yards in front of the hounds. 



Tuesday, Eaton Wood. — A brace of foxes on foot, both of which ran to the 

 Lady Coppice, where one went to ground, and the other we hunted on through 

 the Birch Coppice and across Walwyn's farm, but had to give it up, as the scent 

 was very bad, and the fox was a long way in front of us. Found in Sudbury 

 Coppice, ran a ring out towards Cubley and lost him. Killed a shocking bad fox 

 by Lake Banks. Drew all the Foston coverts and Sapperton blank. 



Thursday, Radburne. — A fox went away from the Rough immediately and 

 pointed for Sutton, but he, unfortunately, went to gi-ound in a hedgerow after 

 going six or seven fields. Found again in Newton's osiers, ran a ring, by Rad- 

 burne, back to where we found him, and then on, by Bearwoodcote, up to 

 Burnaston. Here a fresh fox jumped up in a spinny, and they ran him back hard 

 to Radburne, and to ground under a gateway. Put up a fox in a plough field near 

 Etwall, ran him within two fields of Egginton Gorse, through Spilsbury's Planta- 

 tion, back, by Sutton Gorse, to Dalbury, and here he was close in front of the 

 hounds and dead beat, but slipped away, and we must have changed directly 

 after, as our run fox was viewed going into the Rough, while we went on with a 

 fresh one into Sutton, where we stopped the hounds. Good day's sport, and a 

 large crowd out, which pressed on hounds all through the day. 



Friday, Elvaston Castle. — Very sharp frost. Drew the grounds at twelve 

 o'clock, and found a fox. No scent, and, when we got outside, it was too hard ta 

 hunt, so went home. 



They were stopped by frost for four hunting days, and 

 then went to Kedleston on Friday. 



Found in Breward's Car, ran three times round the covert, and killed. More 

 foxes on foot, but they all got to ground. Found again in Ravensdale Park, ran 

 to ground in Breward's Car, and the same from the New Gorse. Trotted oflF to 

 Allestree; found and ran through Colvile's Covert to Quarndon, but there was 

 no scent. 



