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homid I ever saw kill an otter single handed. He 

 waited Lis opportunity wlien the pack were 

 worrying, and then grabbed the whole head in 

 his mouth, and smashed the skull with his fangs 

 (otters have small flat heads). The white hare 

 was killed in Bolton West Gill, after a good run. 

 Mr. Chapman saved her and sent her by his 

 huntsman to the late Lady Bolton, thinking she 

 might like to have her to stuff, as he heard that 

 the keepers had been trying to find her for some 

 time. Her Ladyship returned the hare with 

 thanks, saying she considered Mr. Chapman most 

 entitled to her. 



I also remember two foxes dying from fright 

 when hanging up in a sack in my saddle room, 

 through hearing the hounds in kennel, which was 

 about one hundred yards distant. 



Hare Hunting Fifty Years Ago. 



A FAVOURITE meet used to be Grange Gill, and the 

 Master often begged us a holiday from Yore 



