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Felgill Moor. Here probably the fox had 

 waited, scent improved, they ran to within a 

 field of Felgill Moor, then turned due north 

 and passing under and over Atlay Hill, came 

 within three fields of Cowton Whin ; from 

 here, making a left-hand turn across the Forest 

 Farm, into Hobder Wood ; through this, past 

 the Saw Mill ; on the west side of which they 

 faltered a moment. Freeman was about to 

 cast his hounds, when he noticed an old 

 bitch "just feather " in the furrow of a cold 

 plough. He let them alone, and they were 

 soon going again over the grass, heading for 

 Ellerton village, leaving the Hall at Kiplin 

 on the left. The fox went down to the Swale, 

 but not liking the look of the river, turned 

 left-handed and ran the bank as far as Lang- 

 ton village, went round the Rectory there, 

 then down again to the Swale bank, and on 

 into the grounds of Langton Hall. Here 

 he was viewed (a well run fox) by Mr. R. 

 Booth. He knew his country, as now he 

 crossed the Swale and tried the ''earths '' at 

 the end of the Terrace, at Kirkby Fleetham ; 

 but finding them closed had to keep moving 

 on, and set his head for the Scruton coverts ; 

 passing the end of the Big Wood there, hounds 

 raced over the Swale pastures up to the 

 Bedale and Northallerton road, on the west 

 side of Morton Bridge. The fox crossed the 

 river again by the bridge, and headed as if for 

 Warlaby, but turning away from this place, 

 bore right-handed past Morton Grange and 

 Langlands over the Ainderby Stell; where 



