110 The Bedale Hounds, 1832-1908 



undergrowth of sedgy grass/' Many lines 

 are devoted to telling how the fox was found, 

 and how he got as far as Lingy Moor (three 

 fields away). Many more, to get on to 

 Middleton-Tyas Quarry, but at last he gets 

 his fox into the Sedbergh coverts "where 

 hounds threaded their way among young 

 larch, following well every twist and turn 

 of their hunted one, and making merry music 

 the while/' 



" At Under Knee ton, hounds seemed utterly 

 at fault, but by another cunning cast Major 

 Dent got them on the line again, and they 

 ran hard up to Melsonby village. Another 

 check, another cast, and then they settled 

 down to work in right good earnest/ ' Many 

 paragraphs are devoted to getting on to 

 Langdale Wood, and the like to Aldborough, 

 where the scent failed. 



The Master's account of this hunt reads 

 as under. 



* ' Found Uckerby Whin, hunted slowly 

 up to Middleton-Tyas Quarry, and on into 

 Sedbergh, where we changed. Ran slowly 

 with a wretched scent past Melsonby through 

 Langdale Wood, and lost near Aldbrough. 

 Hunting three hours." 



On the 18th November, the west country 

 foxes provided two good gallops, though in 

 each case they saved their brushes by getting 

 to ground. 



Found in Scotton Whin, up to Gandale 

 Wood, then dropped the hill through the 

 Park at Hauxwell, nearly to Forty Acres 



