BARON DE ROBECK, 1862-1868 



which often resulted in the loss of the fox at a late 

 hour, and hounds being drawn off after dark. One 

 or two days' sport may be quoted as fairly repre- 

 sentative of many more. 



On January 24, when the bone of the frost was 

 still in the ground, they met at Naas, drew Osberts- 

 town, ran a fox a short ring back into the cover 

 and lost; went on to Killashee, where three foxes 

 were on foot immediately the hounds went in. One 

 broke in the direction of Punchestown, followed a 

 little later by another, but hounds got on a third, 

 which after a break towards Killashee house and a 

 return to cover at last went off for Pipers Hill, but 

 wheeled two fields from the cover, where the 

 hounds ran into him. Sillot Hill gave a fox, which 

 ran into Herbertstown and was lost, but the cover 

 provided another and at last broke at a very fast 

 pace across the bog to the right of Mr Carey's 

 house, past the lodge and on to Sillot, where he 

 dwelt for a few minutes and caused a short check. 

 They hit him off again close to the coach road, 

 across the bottoms near Dunstown Wood, through 

 Harristown demesne at the Carnalway gate, straight 

 through the plantation inside the wall at a great 

 pace, over the Liffey, under the bridge through 

 Newberry demesne and plantations, back across 

 the river, on to Kilcullen, across the river a third 

 time, and into Castlemartin to ground. Part of the 



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