324 THE OLD BERKS HUNT 



nounced Reynard's departure. Breasting the 

 hill, he passed close to Haremore Farm, past 

 Stanford Place and on to Kitemore ; here a 

 slight check enabled the field to get up with 

 the hounds, and the huntsman giving them a 

 lift, soon set them going again towards the 

 village of Shellingford, and right through it, 

 across the meadows to Rosy Covert ; all getting 

 over the brook safely. The fox on reaching 

 Baulking Hill, turned short, and running near 

 the brook for two fields, recrossed it, and in 

 consequence several gallant sportsmen here 

 made acquaintance with the watery element. 

 The fox then turned straight for Stanford, 

 where he was viewed. From thence it was a 

 case of slow hunting for some distance, past 

 Hatfield on the left and into Buckland Warren. 

 Leaving the Warren he made for Bedlam, 

 but hounds were too close for him to stay, 

 so he went on at a good pace for Cherbury 

 Camp, where there was a slight check, but 

 hounds soon picked up the line again and 

 hunted him into the covert near Kingston, 

 where the fox was viewed dead beat ; but 

 luckily for him a fresh fox jumped up, which 

 diverted the main body of the pack, and he 

 was eventually killed a few fields from Frilford. 

 This run was given by an unmistakably small 

 fox. Time by chronometer, two hours and 



