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dow there into a back yard, and again sought 

 refuge in the dairy, where Lady Augusta 

 Milbank was looking at the produce of the 

 cows. Being hustled out of this he went 

 into an outbuilding, to which hounds 

 were brought round and killed him. The 

 hounds (and there were thirty couples out 

 this day) nearly got into the dining room, as 

 they were only a short distance behind their 

 fox at the house. 



30th March. Met at East Cowton. Found 

 at Pepper Hall, and leaving Atlay Hill Farm 

 on the right ran down to the Forest Farm, 

 turned from here by Crossbills, to the east 

 end of Uckerby Whin, across to the Moulton 

 and Cowton lane, where was the first check 

 (thirty-one minutes). Hounds hit off the 

 line very soon, and passing by Kirkbank 

 and Middleton-Tyas Church, ran through the 

 plantations at Middleton Lodge on to Barton. 

 Here the footpeople had been running after 

 the fox, which caused a serious and fatal 

 check. Hit the line off at last, and hunted 

 him as far as the top of Hang Bank, where 

 we. had to give it up. A fine run of about 

 eleven miles ; time, one hour fifteen minutes. 



2nd May. Met at Leyburn, and killed a 

 fox from Grey Greet. 



1849—50. On the 9th October, by per- 

 mission of the Duke of Cleveland, Mr. Mil- 

 bank met at Barningham and had a day's 

 hunting round that place. He ran one fox 

 for three hours, marking it to ground, and 

 ran a nine mile point with another, in an 

 hour and seven minutes. 



