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Saturday, Neioton village. — Drew the Coley Coverts, Swan's Moor, Newton 

 Gorse, Blithe Moor, and the Warren blank. Found in the little covert below, ran 

 a ring round Blithfield, fast, and came to a check at Newtonhurst, got on the 

 line again and hunted him down close to Bellamore and over the road to Colton, 

 but the scent failed, and we had to give it up. 



Monday, February 15th, Ghartley. — Found on the Moss, ran very nicely for 

 about twelve minutes towards Swan's Moor, where the fox was coursed by a dog, 

 and we came to a check. Hunted slowly after this to Coley and on to Blithfield, 

 but he was too far before us to do any good. Got on the line of a fresh fox by 

 the Warren, ran through Lord's Coppice, over the Park, and into the Forest 

 Banks, up and down which we hunted for some time with a very bad scent, and 

 then went home. 



Tuesday, Bradley. — Did not find till we got to Longford, and then ran very 

 prettily by Alkmonton to Potter's Covert, and probably changed foxes there, as 

 we could only hunt slowly after that by Boylestone, and, eventually, back to 

 Longford. Here we got up to our fox in the Car, and ran him down to Foston, 

 but there was very little scent in the evening, and hounds could never run hard. 

 Thursday, Foremark. — Found in Gorstey Leys, ran a ring by Anchor church, 

 and to ground in Carver's Rocks. Forty-five minutes. Found in the gorse there, 

 but could do nothing with this fox, which must, I think, have got to ground. 

 Got on the line of a fox in the Pistern Hills, walked after him towards Calke, 

 but the scent was bad, so we trotted on and found another fox at Calke, and ran 

 him down to Hartshorn Gorse, and over the railway, by Ashby, to Willersley. 

 Here he turned short back, and we hunted him slowly towards Calke, but it 

 turned very cold, and the scent failed altogether. 



There was no hunting, on account of frost, till the 

 following Friday, when they went to Etwall. 



Found in Egginton Gorse, ran over the railway and back to the gorse, almost 

 to Hilton, then back again through the gorse, over the road, by Etwall, up to 

 Radburne ; left the Rough on 'the left and went almost up to Parson's Gorse, 

 turned back by the Rough again, and ran down to Dalbury, and, by Sutton Gorse, 

 up to the village, where we gave it up. Only middling scent at any time, but none 

 towards evening. We were hunting the same fox for more than three hours. 



Frost intervened till Saturday week, March 6th, when 

 they went to Chartley. 



Found in the Shaw, ran very nicely by Gratwich village, up to Handleasow 

 Wood, over the Park and down to the Moss. After this could only get on slowly ; 

 crossed and re-crossed the railway and lost him. Got on the line of a fox that 

 had been gone some time from the Birchwood, but could not hunt him. Drew 

 Gratwich Wood and all Loxley blank. 



Monday, March 8th, Walton village. — Found in the Grove at Drakelowe ; 

 poor scent. Hunted slowly nearly up to Seal Wood and lost. Found again at 

 Lullington. Tiie fox crossed the brook, but was headed at tlie top of the hill, 

 and re-crossed and ran up to Seal Wood, where he got to ground not ten yards 

 before the hounds. Twenty minutes ; very fast indeed. Found a lame fox at 

 Gatton, which must have got into a hole. 



Tuesday, Eaton Wood, — Two or three foxes on foot. Ran by the Dingle and 



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