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and I had to run up, he got to the fox first, and 

 carried it out of the covert. When I got to him he 

 said, "Which will you have, sir, head or brush?" 



I said, " Brush ". After eating the fox, we said, 

 "Be quiet, don't say a word". We turned our 

 horses in opposite directions, and whistled quietly 

 and the two packs separated, except one hound, one 

 of mine. 



I agreed to go on again with the hounds. Will 

 Goodall left ist May. Mr. Herbert Langham was 

 honorary secretary, Major Whyte- Melville having 

 gone to live in London. 



1867. 26th August. Commenced hunting at 

 Althorpe. 



" COTTESBROOKE PARK, NORTHAMPTON, 



"February, 1868. 

 " SlR,- 



" At a meeting of subscribers to the 

 Pytchley Hunt, held at Brixworth on February 



I 1 th, the following resolution was proposed and 

 carried for season 1868-69: 



"'That Captain Thomson's offer to hunt the 

 country four days a week in the open, and the 

 woodlands in the usual way during the spring and 

 autumn, for the sum of ,3,000, be accepted, 

 provided such sum can be obtained. The open 

 country to include Brampton Wood, Rushton, 

 Boughton and Weekly Hall Wood.' 



"(Signed) HERBERT HAY LANGHAM." 



March 1868. Hounds met at Rockingham 



