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East Scrafton Moor ; where this fine gallop 

 came to an end. Hounds and horses were 

 all beat, and the huntsman had not been 

 able to get as far as this. Eleven people 

 and nine couples of hounds got to this point, 

 which is thirteen miles absolutely due west 

 from Horse Close Wood, this being the most 

 easterly place touched in the run. After 

 leaving Low Park Wood, hounds ran at a 

 tremendous pace as far as Witton Fell, after 

 which it somewhat slackened. Hounds were 

 taken to Leyburn, and returned to kennel 

 by train from there. 



This good fox had not got into very 

 hospitable quarters, as it was reported that, 

 the same afternoon, ' ' One fatal shot pro- 

 claimed that he was not.'' How sad an 

 end! ! 



The following verses appeared in Baily's 

 Magazine, in a poem called '' A Hill Fox,'' 

 by Mr. W. H. Olgivie, and with the Editor's 

 kind permission, I include a few of them ; so 

 very descriptive of this stout fox, and of the 

 gallop. 



* * What had brought him so far 



From the ghdder and scar 

 And the moss where the rivulets croon ? 



Did he cross on a raid ? 



Or, Uke man to a maid 

 For a vixen that cried to the moon ? 



There are foxes that swing 



With the wind on its wing, 

 There are foxes in circles that tread ; 



But he chose his bold line 



Where the hill-tops ashine 

 Touched the shadows in which he was bred ! 



