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vixen. They killed him about five o'clock, after 

 a mn of over eight hours, and quite unaided 

 throughout. I afterwards ascertained that they 

 were seen beyond Kendal, and in Long Sleddale ; 

 and I have little doubt that, at the top of Long 

 Sleddale, where there are a lot of strong holes, 

 that he had gone to ground there, but being so 

 heated, he had come out, and some time afterwards 

 the hounds had again hit o5 his line, and hunted 

 him to where he was killed. The kill was seen 

 by some navvies working near, who afterwards 

 tried to secure the fox, but were prevented by the 

 attitude of the hounds, which were so done that 

 they laid round the fox all night. Next morning 

 the navvies were more successful, by coaxing 

 them with some pails of porridge. 



He was not much torn, and was eventually 

 stuffed ; and now, I believe adorns a gentleman's 

 house in Kirkby Stephen. 



The distance, from what I saw, and from 

 the points where I heard the hounds had been 

 seen, must have been fully forty miles. 



