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that hounds could be followed with the naked 

 eye to the top of the opposite mountain heights, 

 and it was, withal, a good scenting day. The 

 first fox went west for a short distance until 

 headed, he then tm-ned left-handed through 

 Burton Bottoms, up past Flanders HaU, pointing 

 for somewhere between Sorrelsykes and Morpeth 

 Gate, bending to the right, he ran up and 

 through Jack Wood, leaving Morpeth Scar to 

 the left, forward, up to and over Burton Outstray 

 into Coverdale. Here, turning to the left, he ran 

 hounds out of scent somewhere behind PenhiU, 

 the followers being so far behind, owing to the 

 stone walls and a stiff unjumpable wire fence, 

 that the exact spot where hounds lost their fox I 

 cannot quite ascertain. They covered about five 

 miles. The hounds were brought back, and the 

 hunters then partook of Mr. Tomlinson's kind 



hospitality. 



The second fox was turned down behind 

 Aysgarth, he ran in the direction of Thoralby 

 by the top of Heaning Gill up Thoralby Haw, 

 skirted the foot of Gayling, through Thornton 



