1869] NIMROD LOXG. 107 



There was also a good forty-five minutes from Croxby 

 Pond on December 7tli, hounds hunting their way through 

 a flock of sheep in admirable manner, and they ran into 

 their fox in the open near Wyham House. 



Meeting at Elkington Cow Pasture on December 14th, 

 Long was, to his great disgust, holloa'd to a half-dead 

 "bagman" turned down by the keeper in Welton Vale. 

 Hounds declined to hunt it, and the Louth boys gave 

 chase, killing it in mid-field with their sticks ; but the 

 huntsman would not let his hounds go near it. 



While the Brocklesby were drawing Sedge Cop on 

 December 16th, the Burton Hounds ran a fox into 

 Kingerby Wood, changed foxes, and had a good forty- 

 five minutes with the fresh one before marking him to 

 ground at South Kelsey. 



Bronchitis kept Long in the house from January 11th, 

 1869, to January 18th, Lord Yarborough hunting the 

 hounds one day, and Alfred Thatcher the rest of the time. 



They had a good hunting run from Grainsby Healing 

 on February 1st, killing a twisting fox after an hour and 

 three-quarters' work ; and there was a nice run of an hour 

 from Lby Holme to Weelsby on February 13th. 



On the 18th of the same month Tom Hills of the 

 Heythrop was out, and saw hounds race a Eothwell Gorse 

 fox to death in thirty minutes, and also bring off a fine 

 hunting run of an hour and twenty minutes from Badger 

 Hills. 



A breakfast meet at Stallingborough House on February 

 20th was followed by a fine run of an hour and twenty - 

 five minutes over a splendid grass country, the pace being 

 good throughout, and at times very fast. It emanated 

 from Houlton's covert, the dog hounds first dashing ofl' to 

 Killingholme Lighthouse, and then turning right-handed 

 to run with Battery Marsh and Eeeds Mere left and right, 

 as if for Stallingborough Scrubs. Turning to the right, 

 they ran through Immingham village towards Habrough, 

 came round, with North Killingholme on the right, for the 

 earths at Jenny Hill, and after running the Humber bank 



