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ran fast up to the nursery and through the covert ou Langley Common, as if he 

 was going for Mackworth, but he was headed on the hill and turned short back, 

 and we could only hunt him afterwards slowly back towards the Rough, and lost 

 him near old Park House. Bad ringing fox. 



Saturday, Kingston village. — Found in Kingston Wood, ran towards Newton 

 Gorse, and lost. Found in Newton Gorse, hunted by the village towards 

 Blithfield, and lost. Very bad scent all the morning. Drew at Blithfield without 

 finding. Found in the woods at three o'clock and had a capital afternoon, 

 running hard for an hour and a half. 



Monday, November 27th, Brethy. — Found in Repton Shrubs, and Charles got 

 away with the hounds without any one hearing him, ran by Carver's Rocks and 

 Smith's Gorse, through the Pistern Hills down to the South Woods ; ran hiiu 

 round the woods twice, and away by Staunton Harold for Breedon Clouds, but he 

 got to ground in a culvert about half a mile from the covert and just as Ferrers' 

 hounds were running a fox witliia two fields of us. Drew Calke blank. Found 

 in Gorstey Leys, ran hard through the wood, out by Ingleby Hall, down to Anchor 

 church, and on to Foremark, and killed him in front of the house — about twenty- 

 five minutes, and as hard as ever hounds could run. Found again at Bretby, but 

 did nothing. 



Tuesday, Fasten village.— Found in the Cumraery Wood, ran by Church 

 Broughton as if he meant going to Hilton, but turned to the left, leaving Sutton 

 village on his left, ran down to and through Sutton Gorse, turned back almost to 

 the ^^llage and ran up to Trusley. Up to this it was only slow hunting, but from 

 Trusley they ran well up to the Rough at Radburne, through the covert and on 

 to the church, where we lost him in a heavy fall of rain. One hour and ten 

 minutes. Found in the Rough, ran hard nearly up to the Parson's Gorse, turned 

 to the left over the Long Lane by Nun's Fields up to Thurvaston, recrossed the 

 road and ran do^vn to Trusley and on to Dalbury — thirty-five minutes up to this 

 over a capital line, and hounds ran well ; after this hinited on between Mickleover 

 and Radburne and back to the Rough, and finished at Dalbury Lees. Kept 

 continually changing foxes. Capital day. 



Thursday, Bradley Hall. — Could not draw for fog till half-past twelve, and 

 then did not find till we got to Shirley Park. The fox slipped away at the 

 bottom and ran fast down to Longford, but turned back by the village, ran 

 through the Reeve's Moor, and we hunted him slowly on to Ednaston and nearly 

 up to Brailsford Gorse, where he beat us. Drew the coverts at Ednaston and 

 Bradley Bottoms blank, and came home. 



Saturday, Chartley. — Found in the Shaw Gorse, ran by Fradswell up to 

 Sandon, and on up to Hardewick Heath ; from here he ran a ring down to Orange 

 Hayes and back to Hardewick Heath, where we viewed him dead beat, but he 

 managed to get to ground. A capital hunting run of an hour and thirty minutes, 

 hounds at times running hard. 



Monday, December Ath, Neiuborough. — Drew the Birchwood and all the Hoar 

 Cross coverts blank, till we got to Nichol's Covert at Cross Hayes, where we found 

 and ran into Brakenhurst. Hunted him up and down the wood and along 

 Jackson's Bank, and finally he got to gi'ound in the earth by Brakenlnn-st Hill. 

 Found at Yoxall Lodge, ran as if he was going to Rangemore, turned to the left 

 and ran parallel with the road almost up to the New Inn, where he turned again 

 into Byrkley Lodge, and we lost him in a perfect deluge of rain. Very pretty 

 eighteen minutes. 



Tuesday, Tutbury Station. — Found in the Pemiywaste, ran down to the 

 coverts below the house at Foston, where we got on to a fresh fox (our fox went 



