42 THE BROCKLESBY HOUNDS. [1819 



'25 th, a stormy morning that was not productive of lioldino- 

 scent. 



The first good thing was an hour's twisting hunt from 

 Great Limber to Stallingborough, where they killed their 

 fox, on November 20th ; and they followed up this with a 

 run from Stallingborough Covert through Maud Hole and 

 Wybers AVood to the Humber bank, thence to Eoxton 

 Wood, where hounds changed foxes, and then ran in the 

 Brocklesby woodlands till dark. 



But this w^as not a particularly brilliant affair, and the 

 run of two hours and forty minutes from Eeeds Mere on 

 December 3rd must be considered the first o^reat run of 

 the season. Hounds went away with him over Habrough 

 marshes to Stallingborough kiln, turning right-handed, 

 with Stallingborough and Healing on the right hand, and 

 skirting Healing Field as they ran to Great Coates. To 

 the right of this village hounds checked on some fallows, 

 having come thus far at a great pace and quite outdistanced 

 the field. Then the huntsman arrived and proceeded to 

 make his cast, hitting off the line of his fox through Coates 

 Bogs, and hounds pressed on with him, with Laceby 

 Cottagers' Plats on the right, and then turned left-handed 

 towards Grimsby, and right-handed to Bradley Wood. 

 Here they changed foxes, and ran hard to Laceby, and by 

 the brook, through the plantations, to change again and 

 run by Irby Dales, and, with the village on the left, round 

 towards Aylesby. Headed here, the fox ran back towards 

 Washingdales, but, being again headed, he turned right- 

 handed, with Aylesby village close on the right, and ran 

 nearly to Wybers Wood, turned right-handed again, and, 

 with the beck and Laceby close on his left, ran back to 

 Aylesby. Unfortunately, hounds once more found a fresh 

 fox in front of them, and with Laceby on the left they 

 sent him nearly to Irby Holme, Smith stopping them 

 from entering the covert as it was then quite dark, though 

 they were on good terms with their fox and hunting him 

 beautifully. Mr. Cropper and Mr. Isles saw the run fox at 

 Aylesby, and very beat he was ; but though they holloa'd, 



