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' farm, near IMyton Moor ; whether he went down road or 

 ' not, can't say. Scent fair; hounds raced. On to Aldvvark 

 'Wood; found, ran round wood, and killed him. On 

 ' inspection, found to have some toes off from trapping. 

 ' On to Linton Woods. Found at once three or four 

 ' foxes ; got on to one who took us a short ring towards 

 ' Tollerton, back to Linton Wood, out Ahie side, and we 

 ' killed him near Youlton farm. Good for hounds. On to 

 ' Court House ; found. Away to Newton-on-Ouse, through 

 ' the village, and stopped the hounds crossing the river. 

 ' On to park, where we had a fox sitting in a tree ; put 

 ' him out, coursed him all along Ings, nearly to Overton 

 ' Wood, turned and dodged, and getting on to fresh foxes, 

 ' we missed him. So home. Fair day's sport. Dogs 

 ' worked well.' 



'Tuesday, November 21st. Dringhouses. Fine hunting day. 

 ' Found in Bog, but fox got headed and came back to 

 ' Bog. So many foot people out that I would not go 

 ' back, but went on to Swann's Whin, where we were a 

 ' very long time before we found. At last away he went to 

 ' Hell Hole, Healaugh, Catterton Bottoms, up to Bilbrough, 

 ' down nearly to Colton ; here he turned for Askham, was 

 ' viewed at road, and went to ground in earth near Catterton 

 ' lane. Good gallop. Changed our horses, went back to 

 'Grange Wood; found. Away; tremendous pace to Rufforth 

 ' village, over marshes to Collier Hagg, on by Chapel Hill, 

 ' where we changed ; on to Healaugh village, to Duce 

 ' Wood, where we changed ; on to Wighill village, where 

 ' we stopped the hounds. Bitches, twenty-four couples, ran 

 ' stout and well. Charles and I both well carried.' 



From this it would appear that the unsatisfactory condition 

 in which hounds had been early in the season, had disappeared. 



December was not a very good month ; the country was 

 much flooded, and this, of course, interfered with scent. Still 

 there was some fair sport, and there were several good 

 scenting days when the floods did not interfere : — 



'Tuesday, December 19th. Acaster. Found in wood, and 

 'killed him. Away with another towards Nun Appleton, 

 ' bent round and back to Brocket^ out at end, away to 



