40 THE MEYNELL HOUNDS. [1830 



the new gorse. Found in White's Covert, ran very nicely up to Brailsford 

 Gorse, where there were three or four foxes, and hunted him slowly on towards 

 Bradley and lost him. 



Saturday, Hoar Cross village.— Drevf all the coverts there, Birch Wood, 

 Chantry, and Field House Coppice blank. Found in Hart's Coppice, ran a ring 

 over Bromley Park into the Hog's back, where he waited for us and was all 

 among the hounds, but a storm came on and saved his life, ran all through the 

 woods and across the park back to Hart's Coppice, over the park again and to 

 ground under a tree. Spent the afternoon in the woods, and gave them a good 

 doing. 



Monday, February 2Srd, Walton village. — Drew everything that side with- 

 out finding a fox, except one at Lullington, which they chopped. The foot 

 people had disturbed a brace of foxes at Catton, before we got there. 



Tuesday, IlolUngton. — Found at Culland, ran up to Burrows and to Long 

 Lane village, where four and a half couple of hounds slipped us over the road, 

 and we did not get to them till just as they killed their fox between Osliston and 

 Thurvaston. Went to the Keeve's Moor ; the fox came out once and went back 

 through the horses, and then went away for the Car ; here hounds divided, nine 

 couples going on with the run fox, and running nearly to Shirley Park, 

 killed him by themselves in the brook below the Holt at Snelston. The first 

 whip, who went to stop them, could never get within four fields of them, and 

 they had eaten their fox when he got to them. In the mean time the rest of the 

 hounds went on with a fresh fox from the Car, _ ran him very hard to Potter's 

 Covert, where he disappeared most unaccountably, and must have got to gi'ound, 

 as we viewed him into the covert, and he had not time to go through. As we 

 were going back towards Longford to see after the body of the hounds, we were 

 halloaed on to a fox, which took us by Barton House and Church Broughton 

 down to Foston, ran up the meadows nearly to Tutbury and back, two or three 

 rings round Foston, and to ground 'in a rabbit-hole. Soon got him out and 

 killed him, and there was also a vixen, in cub, in the same hole, and a couple of 

 rabbits. The last run was an hour and fifty minutes. Extraordinary scenting 

 day and a very unlucky one. 



Thursday, Dalhury Lees. — Langley Gorse, Vicar Wood, Markeatou, and 

 Black Covert at Eadburne blank. Killed a vixen, not in cub, though she could 

 not run, from the Potlucks. The Rough and Parson's Gorse blank. Went to 

 Sutton, found, ran over the brook, very fast indeed, up to Thurv^aston, where our 

 fox laid down in a pithole, or else a fresh fox jumped up, went on, at the same 

 pace, by Long Lane and Nun's Field, up to the road by Langley, and came to a 

 check. Up to this the fox had been going up-wind, but now turned down the 

 wind. Capital gallop up to this, and very fast. Hunted him slowly on to the 

 Nursery Covert at Hadburne and lost him. 



Saturday, Wyclmor. — Blank. Found in Lyon's Covert — very poor scent, 

 hunted him up to Dunstall, and lost him, Dunstall, Rangemore, and the Holly 

 Wood blank. Unlucky in kilhng a vixen at Byrkley. Found a fox in Braken- 

 hurst, but he would not go further than Yoxall Lodge, though we rattled him 

 about for an hour, 



Monday, March \st, Kingston village. — Found in Woodcock Heath, ran for 

 four hours and five minutes in the woods, and over the park and to Blithfield 

 and back, and killed. 



Tuesday, Cuhley Gate. — A most diabolical day, and it never ceased raining 

 and blowing. Cubley Gorse, Shirley Park, Snelston, Longford, and Potter's 

 blank, A brace at Sapperton, but there was no scent whatever. 



