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just as he started off I noticed a favourite hoimd 

 make a point, as tliough tlie fox had crossed 

 the lane and jumped the wall on the high side. 

 But what with the man's galloping, tally-hoing, 

 and shouting, and waving his hat in the air, as if 

 to cheer them on, the hounds continued on their 

 mad career, giving tongue most freely. When 

 they reached the end of the lane and on to an 

 open allotment, they at once threw up their 

 heads, seeing this, I called the hounds back, and 

 took them to the spot where I had seen "Butcher," 

 a most reliable hound, make the point alluded to. 

 But before getting to the exact place, I told the 

 man's master to send his man home, or I would 

 take the hounds away. He obeyed my instruc- 

 tions, and the hounds hit ofi the line at the spot 

 I had noticed, ran up through Stony Woods, 

 turned to the right, up to the top of Thupton 

 Gill, then bending to the left, they ran through 

 Burton outstray, along the top of the moor, 

 where the hounds were pressing him so closely 

 that he left the moor, swinging down left handed, 

 and ran along the hillside through Black Scar, 



