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fox ill Otlell Wood, which he left by the rides ; 

 went through the Harrold Woods, the Laveiidon and 

 Bozeat Woods by the rides ; do^Yn by Brayfield and 

 over the open to Snelson, to the river ; along the 

 river back to the town of Harrold, where the fox 

 threw himself down in a garden ; after a long check, 

 a man put him out of the garden, he then ran down a 

 narrow footpath between two walls, and bolted under 

 the petticoats and through the legs of a girl whom 

 he met, and away again by Harrold turnpike for 

 Odell ; but a few fields before he could reach the woods 

 the hounds killed him. I have also run foxes from 

 the Harrold Woods, and from Nottingfox Wood, and 

 killed them in Lord Fitzwilliam's open country, and 

 in the vicinity of Shelton Gorse. My brother Moretoii 

 did a very quick thing one day, wdien sent on down- 

 wind by me, in a wood called Puddington Great 

 Hayes. I should state, that when in my power, I 

 always drew covers up-wind, but in heavy woodlands 

 it is not in a huntsman's province to draw all up- 

 wind. My brother was posted where lie could com- 

 mand the greatest extent of rides, and I had not 

 spoken to the hounds ten minutes, and had but just 

 come within his hearing, when there came cautiously 

 into the ride a brace of foxes, their heads towards me, 

 and intently listening. They were no great distance 

 apart, and not wishing to start thcni sooner than he 

 could help, my brother watched them. He had not 

 observed them a minute or more, when circumstances 

 enabled him to distinguish the vixen from the dog 

 fox ; and cracking his whip the foxes disappeared on 

 separate sides of the ride. He then galloped to the 

 spot, and his horn and holloa bringing the hounds, 

 he turned them on the dog fox, when we had a 

 very fine run and killed him. 



