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best of the argument. A good hunting day with a poor 

 scent came off over the stretch of country between Hell 

 Furze and Brigsley, and Peterhills and Holton-le-Clay on 

 March 27th ; and another enjoyable woodland day, when 

 a brace of foxes were killed, was brought about two days 

 later ; and the season closed on April 7tli with the killing 

 of a fox at Waterhills after an hour and forty minutes' 

 hunting, It was not a good scenting season for the new 

 huntsman to begin with, and for practically six weeks 

 hounds were stopped by frost and snow. But Long, 

 nevertheless, managed to kill thirty and a half brace of 

 foxes in ninety-three days, marking sixteen brace to 

 ground, which was, at least, satisfactory to a man who was 

 a complete stranger to the country. 



Cub-hunting in 1865 began on August 16th, and, 

 thanks to a good scent, hounds put in a fine morning's 

 work and killed a cub. They had a hard day from Roxton 

 Wood on October 12th, running from fox to fox from 

 half-past seven in the morning till half-past four in the 

 afternoon ; and the next day, after the bitches had killed 

 a fox at Smithfield, and another after a quick twenty 

 minutes in the open at Thoresway, got among a big litter 

 in Nettleton Asholt. The hounds divided, and each lot 

 killed their fox, one being the hunted animal they had 

 brought from Stainton. Hounds were out thirty-eight 

 times during the cub-hunting, killed twenty brace of foxes, 

 and ran nine brace to ground. 



Regular hunting began on October 30th, the dog pack 

 opening the proceedings with a fast forty minutes' gallop 

 from Croxby Pond, killing their fox between Swallow 

 Vale and Irby Dales. 



On November 3rd and 6th, hounds did not keep their 

 appointments on account of the death of Mr. Gibbons, 

 Lord Yarborough's agent ; he was buried at Swallow on 

 November 6th, the funeral being attended 1)y over two 

 hundred of the tenantry, gentry, and clergy of the district. 

 There was a very hard day from Thoresway village on 

 December 11th, hounds running from fox to fox the day 



