40 THE BROCKLESBY HOUNDS. [1819 



low water — till they hunted up to him and killed him. 

 It was then quite dark. 



There was an exceedingly hard day on January 1 1th 

 of the new year, and a lot of country was traversed. They 

 found at once in Beesby Wood, the fox going away through 

 Hell Furze ; but, being headed, he turned short back 

 towards Wyham, where he was again headed back to 

 Hell Furze. He then went on to Beesby Wood and Mr. 

 Wright's covert, and turned right-handed, with Hawerby 

 on the right, as if for Ashby. Here hounds swung back 

 left-handed over Ravendale, and, with Peterhills on the 

 right, again pointed for Hawerby, but doubled back 

 towards Ravendale, where a holloa got hounds into diffi- 

 culties and robbed them of their fox. The next fox was 

 found in Waltham Ling Mere, hounds going away with 

 him, leaving Holton Cross on the left, towards Peeks, and 

 right-handed past Humberston, with Tetney on the right, 

 to the Humber. Here the fox was lieaded and turned 

 back towards the village, where hounds were checked by 

 a storm, for the fox was shaping a straight course over 

 good scenting ground. They then skirted the village, and 

 went away over Grainsby Healing, and over the brook to 

 the middle of Thoresby field, where hounds again came to 

 slow hunting through sheep having foiled the line. Near 

 Thoresby village the fox was headed two or three times ; 

 but being eventually set going over Ludborough, the 

 hounds got on much better terms with him, and went at 

 a great pace through Damwells nearly to Utterby Furze. 

 The fox was now running very short ; but it was c^uite 

 dark when hounds were stopped near Damwells again. 



For several days now scent was abominable, and it 

 was not till February 24th that there was anything 

 approaching a good day. Hounds met at Barrow House 

 that morning, and after drawing the gardens for a village 

 fox, found him lying in a hedgerow at the north end of 

 the village, and in hot haste sent him to Barrow Hand 

 covert, in which he ran for some time before returning on 

 his foil towards Barrow a^jain. Short of the villaoje he 



