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County Wexford, and killed him a few fields from 

 the bank. He then re-crossed the river with the fox's 

 pate. Mr. Power was alone when he arrived at the 

 bank of the river ; but some of his field got up 

 before he returned to the Kilkenny side, Mr. John 

 Wade being one of them. Whilst hounds were 

 drawing Carrickcloney, about a year and a-half since, 

 the Compiler was mentioning this run to one of the 

 field, and remarked that they must then be standing 

 somewhere near the crossing-place. The occupier 

 of the land, who was standing close by, was referred 

 to, and said he well remembered seeing Mr. Power 

 crossing below the exact spot at which the field was 

 posted, and was able to point out the place on the 

 Wexford side where the fox was killed. The point 

 was twelve and a-half miles, but as hounds ran 

 was probably seventeen or eighteen. Mr. Power 

 dined that night at Norelands, and received the 

 congratulations of the assembled company. 



On another occasion he was drawing Dangan 

 wood on the opposite side of the River Nore. 

 Finding a fox, and running him a long time in 

 covert, he disturbed all the foxes in Grennan, and no 

 less than nine foxes went away from that covert, 

 there having been several strong litters in the place 

 that season. Mr. Power, having run his fox to 

 ground in Dangan, started to come round to Grennan 

 through Thomastown. All the foxes had gone away 

 from Grennan. It happened, however, that a man 

 was out coursing at Ballylowra, a place two miles 

 off, in the direction of Knocktopher, and disturbed 

 an outlying fox, which, escaping the greyhounds, 



