3i8 THE OLD BERKS HUNT 



he passed Fernham village, and passed over 

 the main hne by Baulking to Baulking Vicar- 

 age, when he doubled back again over the 

 line, through Baulking Green, and on to Old- 

 field, where he turned and went over Rosey 

 Brook to Shellingford, and there was lost. 

 Drew Rosey blank, and also the Wilderness, 

 Shellingford Covert and Kitemore. Trotted 

 on to Wicklesham, and partook of Colonel 

 Edward's hospitality. Drew the Furze Hills 

 again, this time blank, and also the Fernham 

 Copse and Uffington Gorse. The next draw 

 was Kingston Spinnies, where one of the 

 rioht sort was at home. The sun had crone 



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down, and as is often the case after a frosty 

 morning, scent was bad until the sunshine 

 faded, after which it improved, and hounds ran 

 well. It was four o'clock when the fox broke 

 covert, the hounds running sweetly through 

 Sparsholt Copse ; then to the right, over the 

 railway, by Coster's Farm, crossing the Baulk- 

 ing lane, pointing for Rosey Brook, which he 

 crossed before reachino- Stanford, turnino- to 

 the right over the Wantage road, between 

 Stanford Mill and village. Then he made 

 through Buckland Warren, into the ash-beds ; 

 out again by Eastfield, pointing for Park 

 Island, then doubling back through Bedlam, 

 where he was viewed, to the Turf Pits and 

 Cherbury Camp, and on into Pusey Garden, 



