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likely to forget the two hours they spent at Egginton 

 Gorse, almost frozen, while Charles tried in vain to induce 

 his fox to quit his quarters. 



February 1st, from Mercaston Stoop, was a grand 

 hound day, but hardly any one could boast of being really 

 with them up and down the hills in the latter part. 

 Briefly, they found in the new gorse at Mugginton, and 

 ran a nice ring through Ravensdale Park, and Weston 

 village, through Wild Park nearly to White's Wood, 

 Brailsford, and then, leaving Mercaston Stoop to the 

 right, back to Ravensdale Park. Time, about half an 

 hour, without a check, and people looked anxiously for 

 their second horses, which were not forthcoming. Here 

 they probably changed, going away again best pace by 

 Windley, in front of the Lilies, over the top of Windley 

 Hill, which the greater part of the field declined to descend, 

 but jogged along the top, nicking in with hounds by Hul- 

 land Ward. They meanwhile ran out by Shottle Hall, and 

 swung back by Hulland to Ravensdale Park, and bowled 

 their fox over close to the brickyard at Weston-Underwood. 



Though it was not two o'clock, every one had had 

 enough after going fast for two hours and a half, and 

 covering not less than twenty miles, all up and down hill, 

 and hounds went home. 



The Master is never likely to forget March 30th, when 

 hounds went to Goat Lodge and ran for about five hours, 

 and all the horses were done to a turn. Very few saw it 

 out, but he was one of them. Hounds found in Lord's 

 Coppice, and ran with a burning scent as if for Blithfield, 

 back to the Woods, round and about them, out and over the 

 Warren at Blithfield, back again to the Woods and killed a 

 good stout fox, who had stood up before the Master's Irish 

 pack for an hour and three-quarters, all at a strong pace. 



They found again by the High Trees, Bagot's Park, 

 and ran to ground. Found a third fox by Buttermilk 

 Hill, came away through Tomlinson's corner, as if for 

 Birchwood, but turned sharply first to the right, and then 

 to the left down to the Bath Wood, Hoar Cross, and then 



