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Thursday, Elvaston.— The gardens and Billington Hill blank. Were halloaed 

 on to a travelling fox, ran through Aston, nearly to Chellaston, back to Elvaston, 

 and could make no more of him in the gardens. Found in the Hell Meadow 

 Covert, ran fast up to Findern, turned to the right, by the Pastures, back to the 

 covert, and from there to Egginton Gorse — good gallop of forty minutes. Forced 

 him out, after some time, and ran him to gi'ound under a tree near Wiihngton. 



Sahmlai/, New Inn.— 'Need^oodhhnk. Found in the Hare Holds, ran by 

 Castle Hayes Gorse and Farm as if he (or rather sJie, I should imagine, as she 

 tried every earth about the place) meant going to Eolleston, but turned to the 

 right, by Stockley Park, and to gi'Ound under the road, by Needwood— thirty-two 

 minutes. Hounds got away in view of a fox from the Greaves, and killed him 

 in ten minutes. Found again in the Far Wood, and ran about for a long 

 time. 



Monday, March 8th, Bramshall village.— The gorse blank. Found in the 

 Shaw Gorse, ran hard for ten minutes up-wind, nearly to the Castle, and came to 

 a check, hit it off again and hunted him slowly on to the Moss, and out over the 

 road back by Longridge Wood. No scent down-wind, though hounds could just 

 show that he had made his way back towards the Shaw. Found in Handleasow 

 Wood, ran two rings by the village and Gratwich Wood, and stopped the hounds, 

 as we found it was a heavy vixen. 



Wednesday, Braihford. — The pool head, White's Covert, and the gorse 

 blank. Bradley Bottoms and Bradley Wood the same. Found a brace in 

 Shirley Park, ran round the covert once, and to gi-ound. Went to Culland, ran a 

 lame fox for ten minutes, and killed. Drew Longford Car blank. 



Thursday, Etwall. — A brace of foxes in the covert by the road side opposite 

 Burnaston, ran a ring into the gorse ; found it was a vixen, and let her go. 

 Another heavy vixen in Little Gorstey Leys. Sutton blank. Two heavy vixens 

 at Radburne ; went away with a fox towards Truslej^ but turned one field short 

 of the brook, and came back to Radburne, and marked her to ground under <a 

 heap of wood. Hilton Gorse blank. AVent to Foston, got on an outlying fox 

 two fields from the Pennywaste, ran very fast up to Sudbury Park and across it, 

 and out by the Alder Moor, by Vernon's Oak, and nearly to Boylestone, where he 

 bore to the right, back into Sudbury Park, and to gi-ound in a tree. Bolted and 

 killed him. First rate gallop of thirty-five minutes, and very fast. 



Saturday, Bepton. — Found in Carver's Rocks, ran fast up to Repton Shrubs, 

 through the covert over the park and back to ground in view. There was a 

 very heavy vixen in Gorstey Leys, whose life we just managed to save. Anchor 

 church and the osier-beds blank. 



Moiiday, March 16(h, Blithhury. — Found in the Black Flats, ran fast up to 

 the river by Rugeley, where the hounds drowned the fox, and he sank. A brace 

 of vixens in Laurence's Wood. Rough Park blank. Found at Yoxall, ran fast 

 through the Brakenhurst, and to ground in Roost Hill. The Birch wood blank. 



Tuesday, Eaton Wood. — Ran from the wood to ground in the Up Field 

 Coppice. Went back to the big wood, found again, and after running about for 

 some time this fox got to ground in the Red Niche. Trotted off to Sudbury, 

 found in the coppice, ran nearly to Cubley, and over the brook up to Bentley 

 Car, and lost him. Very little scent, biit we got away.on bad terms with this 

 fox. Cubley Gorse blank. 



Thursday, Kedleston. — Found at Allestree, ran over a very nice line nearly 

 to Markeaton, and on by the Vicar Wood to Langley Gorse, where he ran us out 

 of scent. All the Kedleston coverts blank, till we got to some new plantations 

 under Cross Hands, where we found a brace of foxes, ran one back to Breward's 



