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if Wild Wood was his point ; being headed 

 on the Hauxwell and Hunton road, he turned 

 past Arrathorne, into Claypits covert at 

 Hornby ; and as the coverts there were to be 

 shot next day, hounds were stopped. Up to 

 the check, hounds never dwelt a moment, and 

 one had to gallop hard the whole time. 



10th January. Met at Leyburn. 



Found a leash of foxes in Mr. C. Scrope's 

 Whin at Danby-on-Yore. A brace were 

 promptly headed, but at last a bold one 

 forced his way past *' the man on the hill,'' 

 and ran due north over the railway by 

 Scrogg's Whin, direct to Wham Wood at Con- 

 stable Burton. Through this without a 

 pause, past the east end of Forty Acres 

 Wood, leaving Barden village to the right, to 

 the cross roads by Rabbit Wood. Time to 

 here : forty minutes of the best. After a 

 slight check, hounds hunted merrily on 

 over Barden Moor down to Laver Gill Quarry, 

 from here he took a turn westward and ran 

 towards Downholme village, but as there 

 was a very strong west wind blowing he sank 

 it, and going over Waithwith Common turned 

 into Badger Gill, where the best of the gallop 

 finished. Hounds took a line out towards 

 Hudswell Banks, where he had probably got 

 to ground. 



This was an eight mile point, about 

 thirteen as hounds ran, and the time was 

 one and three-quarter hours. 



28th January was a very hard day, and 

 although foxes rather ran in circles, it was a 

 good day's sport. 



