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succeeded by a halloo "Away" from the other, 

 proclaimed that it was not a loitering fox the 

 hounds had to deal with. Being very artis- 

 tically handled, they were speedily out of 

 covert, and, settling down to the scent, went 

 scoring away at a great pace. Fortune 

 favoured the pack. There was no possible 

 means of getting out of the park except 

 through a gateway, where the invariable 

 practise of crowding vastly impeded progress ; 

 the hounds, happily, having room, were en- 

 abled to go to work, and the pace they 

 maintained precluded the possibility of sub- 

 sequent intrusion. Racing away for Langley 

 Bottoms, they turned to the left, and ran 

 nearly to Brailsford, and, still bearing to the 

 left, leaving Longford on the right, went 

 straight to Sutton ; the fox was evidently 

 desirous to regain his old quarters at Rad- 

 borne, but the severity of the pace beat him 

 from his point, and he kept on to Etwall, 

 slipping through Mr. Moseley's gorse. At 

 Etwall a fox was viewed by Charles Leedham, 

 quite fresh ; they had unfortunately changed, 

 but there was no chance of stopping them. 

 The hunted fox was seen by a servant at 

 Etwell, who informed me he was not two 



