96 HUNTING TOURS. 



his lordship's considerations of etiquette 

 prompted him not to proceed, and they were 

 taken to Blakenej, in expectation of finding 

 a fox accustomed to enjoy himself in the 

 sunny expanse of some turnip fields, but his 

 haunt was not discovered. This, however, 

 afforded me an excellent opportunity of 

 admirino- the ao-ricultural condition of this 

 fine estate, which has been already men- 

 tioned. On returning to Wellingore another 

 fox was found, but he had no inclination 

 to extend his travels far from the covert, 

 though that was sufficiently distant to enable 

 him to escape. Another attempt to see a 

 day's sport at Langworth was equally unsuc- 

 cessful from want of scent ; still the hounds 

 persevered most marvellously, and there is no 

 doubt, when that important element exists, 

 their hunting powers are most exquisite. 



