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and the good ones on the line, and I had to bring on 

 the rear-guard. Went to a wrong holloa in Eagle 

 Wood and lost our fox. Tom Brown, Gardyne's 

 whip, coming out on a pony met our hunted fox, but 

 we were too far off. 



Saturday, ist March. Went to London, 113 

 Queen's Gate, and stayed Sunday with Mrs. Hamilton 

 Gray. Went to Mr. Byng's church. 



Monday. Down to Gatwick, to Pat Carnegy's. 



Tuesday. Essex Union. After hunting went 

 to London, and on to Canterbury Barracks, Bill being 

 quartered there in I3th Hussars. 



Wednesday. Sussex Hounds. Sworder, master. 

 Bill got two hirelings and borrowed a waggonette with 

 two ponies. We drove about twenty miles. I was 

 mounted on a big chestnut horse which had run away 

 and killed his rider. First field I got into he ran 

 away with me ; luckily there was a boggy place at 

 the end of it, and I landed him in it up to his knees. 

 I then rode him into the covert and found he would 

 make no mistake at the grips. We did not find for a 

 long time. Bill and I changed horses. I got a weedy 

 thoroughbred. We were going down a broad grass 

 ride with a rail across it ; Bill jumped the rail, and I 

 saw him no more till after dinner at barracks. We 

 went on close to Folkestone and found at Mr. Brock- 

 man's ; ran towards the town and then turned up the 

 hills. The horse could gallop well, but we were beat 

 for want of daylight, and I had an awful journey 

 home. 



6th March. Went to London and bought a nice 



