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in an easterly direction, by High Healey Cote, 

 to Healey village. From here, the road up to 

 Pott Hall, past the south side of Druid's Wood, 

 through Ilton, Grewelthorpe and Kirkby 

 Malzeard, to the west end of the Grantley 

 Hall Woods. 



Mr. Scrope had many difficulties to contend 

 with, the chief being that his hounds took to 

 sheep worrying, and he was obliged at the 

 end of one season to abandon his project, to 

 the great regret of all. 



1906—07. On the 9th November, a bob- 

 tailed fox from Uckerby Whin got to ground 

 in a hollow tree, an account of which has 

 alread}^ been noted in February, 1835, when a 

 like occurrence took place in the same locality. 



The 3rd December was a hard day for 

 horses and hounds, and although they never 

 ran fast, it was a good day's sport. 



Met at Newton House, and after running 

 round that place for nearly two hours, at last 

 a fox plucked up courage, and crossed the 

 Swale below Gatenby village. The river 

 was very big, and although Mr. Holliday, 

 who was hunting with the Bedale this year, 

 twice swam his horse over the river, he was 

 unable to effect a landing on the far side. 

 The fox after crossing the river luckily turned 

 up stream, so Morton Bridge was the nearest 

 way of getting to hounds, but it meant a long 

 way round. Fortunately hounds came to 

 a check by Morton Grange Farm, and we 

 were able to pick them up there. They soon 

 were going again, and ran by the south side 



