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fox was about a couple of yards above tbe hound, 

 and there they were, I should say for quite two 

 minutes, when the fox scrambled out at the top, 

 but "Romper" had to descend, and he got up at 

 another point. 



They ran the fox to Penhill Craggs, where he 

 saved his brush, or rather his stump of a brush. 

 His brush was no longer than a docked tail of an 

 ordinary fox terrier. That year there was a 

 litter of cubs on Penhill, and they all had short 

 brushes, which we could never account for. 

 They were demons to go, and I think we only 

 killed one of them. 



A Good Hunt after a Smart Drag. 



The hounds took up this drag in Ox Close; and 

 worked it most carefully to Broomber Craggs, 

 above Nappa Hall, where they marked the fox to 

 ground. Jammie Holmes (huntsman) bolted him 

 with his terrier. The fox took up the hill over 

 Ellerkin, down and through Arngill, Askrigg, 



