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ran nearly down to Tanfield village, then north 

 as if for Nosterfield, but bearing right- 

 handed again, passed Rushwood Hall, 

 through the end of Mr. Nussey's Whin 

 covert, over the Masham railway, to Norton 

 Conyers Park, just outside a narrow strip of 

 plantation; on the north side of which, 

 hounds ran into him, after a very good hunt 

 of one hour and forty minutes. Thirteen 

 miles as hounds ran. 



Another fox went away from the 

 plantation while hounds were breaking 

 up this one, but nothing much could be 

 done with him. A third fox was found in 

 Coronation Whin, Thorp Perrow, which 

 ran very sharply south, along the top of 

 Gybdykes, through Low Burton W^ood, 

 crossed the Well and Masham road just 

 above Masham station, through Round 

 Hills, the east end of Upbank Wood, across 

 into Heslett's Wood. Here there was a 

 slight check, but hounds hit off the line on 

 the south side of the wood and ran on into 

 Tanfield Banks, where I think a change of 

 foxes took place. They crossed the river 

 Yore, which was in flood and too deep to 

 ford, into Hackfall ; and Freeman tried 

 to blow them back from this covert. There 

 must have been a rare good scent with this 

 fox, as he could not get any hounds back. 



Tanfield and Masham bridges were the 

 only two ways of getting across the river, 

 so the first whipper-in was sent to 

 Tanfield, and Freeman went over Masham 



