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cast, there was a holloa near Dalton Banks, 

 and hounds quickly picking up the line 

 marked their fox to ground in the main 

 *' earth " there. One hour and twenty 

 minutes up to the check, and about ten 

 minutes more to ground. This was a seven 

 and a half mile point, and a capital gallop. 



24th February provided a most excellent 

 hunt over a fine line of country, chiefly in 

 the Hurworth, but finishing in the Bilsdale. 



An outlying fox was found on the east 

 side of the coverts at Wood End, which ran 

 direct to Thornton-le-Moor, past the east 

 end of the village, due north to Thornton- 

 le-Beans, and on to Crosby Cote ; passing 

 through a small covert here, he turned 

 eastward and faced the hill, through the 

 south end of Sigston Wood ; then bore off 

 to the right, and passing under Over Silton, 

 turned southwards again ; and leaving the 

 monument to Mr. Warner, near Kepwick, on 

 the left, turned to the village of Cowesby, 

 where he was lost. I have not, unfortunately, 

 recorded the time of this gallop. As hounds 

 ran, it would be twelve to thirteen miles, 

 and they carried a fine head almost the whole 

 of the run. 



It is possible that we changed foxes in 

 Sigston Wood, as after that point, the scent 

 was not quite so good as it had been. 



On the 12th March, there was a good day's 

 sport in the north-west country. 



After a good hunt in the morning of an 

 hour and a quarter, from Brough (the fox 



