Past ana Present* 19 



In the evening I met a carrier wlio had come 

 "by road from Kendal. I asked him if he had 

 seen any hounds, "Aye!" he replied, "I met 

 a fox on the road, and some honnds a few 

 hundred yards behind him. He jumped the 

 wall near where there are two greyhounds on 

 the gate posts, and the hounds, after over running 

 him for about fifty yards, followed over the same 

 place, going as hard as they could in this direc- 

 tion " (pointing towards the left of Kendal). 



Well, we stayed all night at the "Black Bull," 

 and next morning made all the enquiries we 

 could, but were unable to glean anything as to 

 the whereabouts of the pack. We then went to 

 Cautley Crag again, and enquired at the " Cross 

 Keys Inn " if they had seen or heard anything ; 

 finding nothing had been heard of them, we again 

 returned to Sedbergh, but still getting no tidings, 

 I suggested we should go to Moorcock, which is 

 at the head of Wensleydale, and where there is 

 a meeting of cross roads from Kirkby StejDhen. 



We stayed all night there, and next morning, 

 as we were still without any news of them, I said 



