12 THE MEYNELL HOUNDS. [1878 



Monday, Jammry 28th, Bradkij. — Too much snow to draw at Bradley. 

 Found in Brailsford Gorse, ran very fast up to Bradley, and back to Ednaston, 

 and lost. Found in a spinny near the brook at Cnlland, ran up to Brailsford, 

 back by Culland, up to Shirley Park, rattled him round the covert three times, 

 and ran down to Longford, and stopped the hounds at the back of the Rectory. 

 Very good scent, and a capital day. 



Tuesday. — Rolleston blank. Found in the Henhurst, ran a ring out towards 

 Stretton, and to gi-ound in view by the hunting-gate going into the Henhurst. 

 Found again, and ran to gi-ound at East Hill Rough. Drew Dunstall blank. 

 Found in the Rocket Oak, and killed. No earths stopped by the Henhurst- 

 keeper, and gates locked. 



Thursday, Sutton Mill. — Frost, 



Saturday, Kingston village. — Ditto. 



Monday, February Uh, Drakelowe. — Found one fox in Lullington Gorse — 

 no scent, and lost in a few fields. Drew every place blank that side ! 



Tuesday, Cubley Stoop. — Found at Snelston, ran all round the place twice, 

 crossed the river by Toad Hole Bridge, turned to the right and killed him in the 

 river, not far from Mayfield Mill. One hour and twelve minutes. Found at 

 Marston Park, and ran to ground in a few minutes. Found again in Wardley 

 Coppice, ran through Eaton Wood, nearly up to Birch Coppice, and checked. 

 Our fox had turned back, but a fresh one jumped up in a field, and we ran him 

 very fast up to Sudbury Coppice, and by Hare Hill, and across the corner of the 

 Park, through the Bottoms, and gave it up near Hill Somersal. 



Thursday, Radhurne. — Found in the Rough, ran a ring and back to it, and 

 hunted slowly along the Trusley brook side, over the Long Lane, and had to 

 give it up. Not an atom of scent. Went down to Sutton, found in the gorse, ran 

 round by the Ashe, and back to the gorse, and on by Trusley and Nun's Field, 

 almost down to the Spath, and back by Sutton to Radburne. No scent, and 

 a poor day's sport. 



Saturday, Chartley. — Frost. 



Monday, February llth, Fast Lodge.— Found at Needwood, ran by Stockley 

 Park, a ring into Knightley — eighteen minutes, and only one ploughed field — and 

 on to Rangemore, where we came to a long check, and could only hunt him 

 slowly on to Dunstall, where, I think, he got into the garden. Byrkley Lodge 

 and Parson's Brake blank. Found by Marchington Clifif, ran out below the 

 Banks, back through them, and over by Agardsley into Bull's Park, through the 

 Greaves, where hounds divided, and, curiously enough, each lot ran a fox into 

 the Parson's Brake, where hounds got together again, on by Hollybush, over 

 Agardsley, leaving Field House Coppice on the left by the Hare's Back nearly to 

 Hart's Coppice, by the Park side [to the Lawn Meadow, over the Park, and back 

 into Lord's Coppice, and stopped the hounds. 



Tuesday, Foston. — Ran a fox from the Lemon Hole for an hour and seventeen 

 minutes, and killed it in the gardens at Foston. He never went further from 

 home than Sudbury Park. Sapperton blank. Four foxes in Longford Car. One 

 ran down to Cubley Church with four and a half couples of hounds before Jim 

 could get to them to stop them, and the fox was in the same field then as the 

 hounds. We hunted the other nearly up to Shirley village, and on almost to 

 Ednaston. Here he turned to the right, ran under Hollington as if for Longford, 

 but turned by Culland PTall, and went up to Brailsford, where we had a long 

 check. Hit it off again, ran by the church and village, back through the Culland 

 coverts, and on by Ednaston village, over the road and the Ednaston coverts, 

 and gave it up, as there was very little scent, and it was nearly five o'clock, and 



