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crowds of both men and women, whose heads 

 seemed to bob up from behind the walls in every 

 direction, poor "Renny" seemed terribly bafSed^ 

 as well he might ; and when the hounds were 

 unkennelled, I think they were even worse, as 

 they ran riot in all directions bnt the right one, 

 and after about an hour of this kind of thing. 

 Squire Tomlinson, Captain Sanday and I managed 

 to get them a bit steadied near Appersett Bridge, 

 and hearing a " Tally Ho ! " on the top of Stagsfell, 

 we galloped them back along the road, and sent 

 them off to the " Halloa," whilst we galloped up 

 the road to Stagsfell Quarry. But when going 

 through Simonstone, I shall never forget asking 

 two women, who were standing in a doorway, i£ 

 they had seen the fox. "Aye!" said one of 

 them, "he's gone over t' top of Stagsfell, aboon 

 an hour sen ; shaff of yer himds, they're woth 

 nowt." 



As soon as we got to the plain on the top o£ 

 Stagsfell, we met with the hounds, but they could 

 not hunt a yard, and it was only after a great 

 deal of casting that we got a note from a reliable 



