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away to the east through Kinaldy and back to Lingo. 

 Many hounds got caught in snares. Got on another 

 fox in Lathockar, away over the grass past Cassingray 

 to Belleston, through the covert without a check past 

 Gibliston and East Pitcorthie to Sandriggs ; down 

 to Newark, where he ran along the shore close to 

 the sea ; to Ardross through the farm-yard there ; 

 round east side of Kilconquhar Loch, past Muir- 

 cambus, turned to the right over the Colinsbro 

 Acres and up the hill, and got into the made earth 

 on Reres Craig a real good run. Got him out, 

 much to the disgust of old Corbett, my keeper. 



1 7th March. I and Stephen went to Bramham 

 to get some young hounds. The best of them was 

 " Ring wood," a blue dog rather above the Bramham 

 size. George Fox mounted us both, and we had a 

 hunt with Charles Tread well. 



2ist March, 1859. Ran a fox over the hill at 

 Cults. I was close to the hounds, and when I got 

 to the edge of the hill there was nothing to be seen. 

 I got down to the road and got their spoor in the 

 mud into the lime working. They ran hard in the 

 galleries for twenty minutes. The galleries are all at 

 right angles. When the fox turned, the hounds over- 

 ran it, and there was silence. At the next corner 

 they got the scent again, and such a crash of music ! 

 The miners came with their lamps and we all ran on 

 foot. At last the fox got among some stones near 

 the roof, where we could see him, but we dare not 

 move the stones for fear of letting the roof down, so 



had to leave him. 



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