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for the excellent sport they had shown us. The time was one hour, forty 

 minutes ; between five and six miles from extreme points, and between twelve 

 and thirteen as we went. 



Needwood. 



Diary continued : — 



Tuesday, Darley Moor. — Found in the HoUy Wood at Snelston, ran round by 

 Clifton, back by Snelston, and on towards Norbury. There were three or four 

 couples of hounds forward, which spoiled the run. A brace of vixens at Cubley, 

 which we left. Bentley Pit and the Sudbury coverts blank. Found at Sapper- 

 ton, ran a ring round Sudbury Park, back to Sapperton, and killed in the covert ; 

 went away with another, a vixen, and ran her to ground in the Park. 



Thursday. — Radburne blank. There were three foxes in Sutton Gorse, but 

 there was no scent, and they would not go away, so had to leave them. Hilton 

 Gorse blank. Foston the same, with the exception of the line of a fox that must 

 have been gone a long time from the Ice-house Pit. Ran a fox from the coppice 

 down to Mallabar's farm, where he got in a trap in the fence, and the hounds 

 killed him. 



Saturday, Newton village. — Ran a ring from the gorse to Drointon Wood, 

 and short back to the gorse, and then hunted him slowly up to Great Heywood, 

 where he beat us. Came back to Chartley, found on the Shaw, ran a couple of 

 rings round, and to ground between Fradswell and Sandon. 



Monday, March 2ith, Haubury. — Did not find till we got to the Hare Holds, 

 ran up to the road by Needwood, turned short back through the Hare Holds, 

 and hunted him slowly round by Hanbury to Kingstanding, and killed. Very 

 poor scent. Found in the Greaves, ran along the Banks into the woods, where 

 hounds divided into several lots, and we came home. Wretched cold day, with 

 snowstorms. 



Tuesday, Kedleston. — A worse day even than yesterday. No scent, and 

 ground Hke iron. Found one fox only in the Kedleston coverts, walked after 

 him by Mercaston Stoop towards Brailsford, held the hounds on to the gorse, but 

 could make nothing more of him. 



Thursday, Foremark. — Ran very well from Gorstey Leys down the meadows 

 towards Repton. He turned short back by the ferry, and retraced his steps, and 

 got to ground in some rocks by Ingleby Hall. Killed a lame fox, after running 

 him a few fields. Found a third fox in Gorstey Leys, ran up to Repton Shrubs, 

 back to Carver's Rocks, and killed. 



Saturday, Chartley. — Found in Handleasow Wood, ran fast up to Leigh, 

 where our fox got on the railway and beat us. Philips' Gorse blank. Found in 

 the Shaw, ran twice over the Park, and lost by the corner of the gorse. Went 

 to the Moss, found, but a heavy storm of sleet came on and destroyed all sceut. 

 Very good scent with our first fox, but indifferent afterwards. 



Monday, March Z\st, Dunstall. 



The following account appeared in the Field : — 



It is not often at the end of March that it is the lot of fox-hunters to see such 

 a clinking run as that on Monday last (March 31st), from Dunstall Hall, It is 

 long since we called upon these coverts in vain, but things looked very bad 

 when Gorse Hall and the coverts in the meadows were all blank, and it was not 



