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Covert, ran by Coton, and across the hills below Hanbury, by the New Lodge, 

 through the Parson's Brake, into Holly Bush, very fast from there into Bull's 

 Park, where we changed and hunted into the Greaves, and back by Hanbury and 

 Castle Hayes to ground. The fox was so beat he could scarcely crawl, and 

 scratched into the earth, which was badly stopped. 



Tuesday, Boylestone. — Kan a fox from the spinny at the back of the Dairy 

 House Farm into Potter's, and killed him ; went away with a fresh fox from 

 Potter's, ran a short ring, and to ground in the spinny where we first found. 

 Longford Car blank. Found in the Reeve's Moor, ran up to Shirley Park, and 

 to ground in the covert, after rattling him several times round and having him in 

 the middle of the hounds. 



Thursday, Eadlmrne. — Snow. 



Saturday, BUthhury. — Snow. 



Monday, Fthruary 24th, Foremark. — Snow. 



Tuesday, Eaton Wood. — Snow. 



Thursday, Stenson Lock. — Arleston, Hell Meadows, and Spilsbury's blank. 

 Found a vixen in Egginton Gorse, and left her, and ran another vixen to 

 ground from Little Gorstey Leys. Ban a fox from Hilton Gorse almost down 

 to Tutbury, when scent failed in a heavy storm of rain. Chopped a fox at 

 Foston. 



Saturday, Kingston. — Found in Woodcock Heath, ran through Loxley into 

 Philips' Gorse, where he waited for us ; came away with him, ran through Carry 

 Coppice and back to ground in the covert. Killed a very old dog fox, after 

 running him about ten minutes, from the Alder Car. Went to the woods, ran 

 a fox hard for twenty-five minutes, and killed him. 



Monday, March 3rd, Bradley. — Did not find till we got to Brailsford Gorse, 

 then ran down to Mercaston and, by Wilde Park, nearly to Langley, where there 

 were three foxes on foot, and we hunted one back towards Brailsford, and lost 

 him. Brailsford coverts blank. Chopped a fox at Culland. Longford, Alkmonton 

 Bottoms, and Bentley Car blank. Found in a little covert at Bentley, ran by 

 Cubley and Barton for forty-five minutes, and lost between Sutton and Church 

 Broughton. Poor scent. 



Tuesday, Bolleston.—Dove Cliff" osier-bed, Rolleston, Henhurst, Sinai Park, and 

 East Hill Rough blank. Found in the Oaks at Rangemore, ran through Bannister's 

 Wood and Knightley Park up to Needwood ; from there scent improved, and 

 hounds ran hard into the Greaves, and killed him in Bull's Park. 



Thursday, Etwall. — Almost the largest and most unmanageable field I ever 

 saw out with these hounds. Found in the Ashe, ran a ring up to Etwall and on 

 to Burnaston, where the fox was headed in the road, and turned to the left, and 

 we hunted him by Mickleover and Littleover up to Normanton, and we had to 

 leave him, as, though he was viewed, dead beat, scent failed altogether. Killed a 

 fox in the Black Covert at Radburne, went away with another, ran up to the 

 Nursery, on by the Common Gorse as if he was going to Markeaton, turned to the 

 right by Mickleover Windmill, and hunted him on to Normanton, where he again 

 beat us. We heard afterwards that our fox was found dead in a sough in a 

 brickyard, within afield of where we lost him. 



Saturday, B^'amshall.— Bid not find in the gorse or at Loxley, as we had 

 disturbed all the coverts only a week ago. Ran a fox from Handleasow Wood 

 nearly to Gratwich Wood, back along the Park through Fradswell Heath over 

 the dingle up to the road by Birchwood Park, where he bore to the right and 

 came back to Fradswell Heath, and ran on up to Milwich and nearly to Sandon, 

 turned back again to Fradswell and went a second time up to IMilwich, where we 



