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terms of his hounds. They begun from the gorse with a 

 ring round Orford, Swinhope, and Thorganby, to Croxby 

 I.ake, where they ran into their fox ; and then set off from 

 Peterhills on a charming run of an hour and a half, only 

 marred by the open earth at the finish. Past Hawerby 

 the pack pointed for Grainsby, but the fox being headed, 

 they turned left-handed, and with Ashby close on the 

 rioht, swungf round to recross the Barton street and run 

 nearly to Ravendale. Then came a turn right-handed 

 over the Hatcliffe brook, the villao;e beins; close on the 

 left, over the hill with Beelsby village close on the left, 

 and down to the Barton street as if bound for Bradley 

 AVood. But a left turn took them nearly back to Irby 

 Holme, and then a right turn led them close past Irby 

 village, and with Irby Dales on the left, to Riby Park. 

 Hounds came to steady hunting here for a while, they 

 being somewhat pressed, and some sheep foiled the line. 

 But clear of the park they settled down to run again, 

 placing the schools close on the right as they pressed on 

 to Keelby mill. Another turn to the right, and then they 

 pulled up at the open earth in the sand pits at Keelby. 

 The pace was a cracker at times, and the pack worked 

 beautifully. Plaything, Parody, Pleasant, Notable, Careful, 

 Prattler, Charity, Nightshade, and Handmaid particularly 

 distinguishing themselves. 



Hounds were not out between February 8tli and 

 February 18th owing to frost, and there was no other run 

 of note, the season closing on March 28tli, with the score 

 standing at twenty-one and a half brace killed for eighty- 

 one days' hunting, fourteen brace having been run to 

 ground. 



A fresh start was made on September 10th in the 

 Mausoleum Woods, and the cub-hunting season closed on 

 Novemlier 2nd, ten brace of foxes having been killed and 

 nine brace run to ground. Will Shore, the first whipper-in, 

 now the veteran huntsman of the Duke of Buccleuch's 

 hounds, took an ugly toss on October 19th, breaking his 

 collar-bone, and placing him liors de combat for some time. 



