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Returning to Gillard's narrative^ he goes on to 

 say : " Hounds never wanted much help — not even 

 though there were two huntsmen to assist them ! 

 but when that did occasionally occur, first one 

 handled the pack and then the other : so in this 

 way things worked pleasantly ; and our * fields ' 

 appeared to thoroughly enjoy the fun. We ran 

 back over the railway, and the Nottingham and 

 Melton road, in a line for Hickling, passing to the 



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left of Parson's Thorns, along the hill above the 

 Broughtons to Old Dalby, through the village and 

 Dalby Wood, passing close to the left of Grimston 

 Gorse, on through Saxelby Spinney. I viewed our 

 hunted one away, a big grey dog-fox— close in front 

 of hounds, and I did not think it possible he could 

 run any more than a field or so ; but instead of that, 

 away we went by Saxelby village, after which he bore 

 to the left, and all but reached Cant's Thorns ; then 

 taking a sharp turn down into the valley, he suc- 

 ceeded in reaching Welby Holt, or what is now called 

 ' Lord Wilton's Covert,' and after a few minutes 

 doubling about in the covert, hounds killed him. 



