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run out of scent. On November 2nd they had a twisting 

 sort of run from the Bridge plantation at Nun Appleton, by 

 Bolton Percy, Pallethorpe and Hornington, and back by 

 Bolton Percy to Nun Appleton, where they lost their fox. 

 November seems to have been a bad scenting month, and 

 there is nothing of much interest to chronicle until the 

 middle of December, though they had a hard day on the 

 seventh of that month, running a fox from the Kirby Hall 

 plantation, along the river side by Low Dunsforth, to 

 Aldborough, just before reaching which they turned short 

 back by Dunsforth and Aldwark Bridge to Kirby' Hall. 

 Then they ran the same ring again, and were finally stopped 

 at Kirby Hall. 



'Tuesday, December 14th. Providence Green. Tried Cattal 

 ' and Hunsingore plantations. Found in Ribston plantation, 

 ' ran towards the high road, then turned to the right almost 

 ' to Walshford, over Ribston Park, crossed the river below 

 ' the wooden bridge, over Ribston Moor up to North 

 ' Deighton, over the Knaresborough road, skirting Deigh- 

 ' ton Spring, leaving Hannam's on the left, over the 

 ' bottoms to .Stokeld Whin, Linton Spring, skirted Devon- 

 ' shire Whin, Woodhall, past Rudsdale's house, down 

 ' into the bottoms, half-way to Owl Head, up the hill 

 ' over .Sicklinghall Moor, back to Woodhall, Lime Kiln 

 ' earths, Linton .Spring, Sickling Hall Wood, over the low 

 'part of Spofforth Haggs, crossed the road at the top 

 ' of Sicklinghall, Woodhall, and stopped the hounds 

 'between Woodhall and Linton.' 



It would seem as if there had been a fortnight's frost, 

 for there is not an entry in the diary again until Dec. 30th : — 



'Thursday, December 30th. Ribston Park. Tried the gardens 

 ' and Goldsborough Wood, Langshaw and Ribston planta- 

 ' tion. Found in Flaxby plantation, ran to Goldsborough 

 ' Moor and away by Flaxby over the low part of Hay 

 ' Parks, turned to the left over Goldsborough Field, 

 'Scruton's Mill, over the park and moor and to ground 



