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here by IMamerton Hill Top and Dalbnry Lees Farm, and back to within a field 

 of the Kough, and lost him on the foiled ground : one hour and fifteen minutes. 

 Found in Sutton Gorse, ran to Etwall, and nearly up to Egginton, and came home. 



Saturday, The New Inn. — Found at Needwood, ran fast nearly to Parson's 

 Brake and Kingstanding, and back to ground in a drain by East Lodge. Killed 

 a real bad fox by Shaw's house at Rangeraore. Ran a fox from Bannister's 

 AVood down to Dunstall, and lost him. Found again in the Oaks, ran all about 

 the coverts at Dunstall for some time, and finally killed at the back of the house. 

 Found again, and ran our fox till he was dead beat, and left him. 



Monday, Novemler Sth, Bramshall village. — The gorse blank. Found iu 

 CaiTy Coppice, ran down to Field and back to the Park Covert, where our fox 

 waited a long time. Got him away at last, ran towards Chartley, turned over 

 the brook below Windy Hall Covert, ran along the brook side nearly to Blith- 

 field, turned to the right nearly to Newton Gorse, and on by the village to 

 Swan's Moor, where scent failed, and we lost him. Did not find again. 



Tuesday, Foston.—Yery sharp frost. There was a halloa from the top 

 covert at Foston, but hounds could never speak to the fox, and I think it doubtful 

 if there was one. Found at Sapperton, ran up to Sudbury Park, and lost. 

 Trotted oft" to Cubley, found at once, ran very fast by the Cinder Hills into the 

 Holly Covert at Snelston, and lost him : a man put us wrong, and I think our fox 

 had gone on to Shirley Park. Drew Snelston, and went back to Cubley, but did 

 not find again. 



Thursday, Kedleston village. — Did not find till we got to Ravensdale Park, 

 ran a ring into the new covert below Cross Hands, where the fox had waited, 

 hunted him into Breward's Car, out and back several times, and lost him by 

 Champion Car. A lot of foxes on foot. No scent. Langley Gorse blank. Found 

 close by in a little osier-bed, but could do nothing. Parson's Gorse blank. 



Saturday, Anslow. — Found a fox in the Henhurst, but soon lost him. The 

 other coverts there blank. Knightley Park and Rolleston the same. Found in 

 Byrkley Lodge, ran very fast to ground in the pit by Tatenhill. 



Monday, November 15th, Newton village. — Found in the Coley coverts, 

 chopped one fox, went away with another, ran a ring at first, nearly to Haywood, 

 bore to the right, ran by the osier-bed below Swan's Moor almost to Hixon, on, 

 leaving Drointon village to the right, into Chartley Moss, through the Birch 

 Coppice and the corner of Handleasow AVood down to the brook below Gratwich, 

 which was in high flood and impassable for horses : came to a long check, held 

 them round the Loxley side of the brook, but could not hit it oft". A man then 

 halloaed us back to the other side, but the fox had been gone too long, and must 

 have crossed and reerossed the brook, and travelled on into the N. S. country. 

 Found at the Shaw Gorse, ran towards San don, and were stopped by a blinding 

 storm of snow. 



Tuesday, Bradley. — Found in the Lime Kiln Covert, went away to the right, 

 nearly up to the Ashbourne road, then turned down-wind towards Atlow, crossed 

 the brook by Atlow Mill, left Hognaston to the right, and ran straight by 

 Netherton Hall up to Brassington ; here the fox went through the churchyard 

 and bore to the left up to Brassington Rocks, where we expected he would have 

 got to gi-ound ; but no, on he went, running parallel with the High Peak Railway 

 for some time, and then crossed it, and shortly after hounds came to a check at 

 Minninglow Hill, and though we cast all round, could make nothing of it. Time 

 up to this check, one hour and fifteen minutes. A wet, stormy day, and it never 

 ceased raining, and scent kept getting gradually worse — never very good at 

 any time. 



