208 HUNTING TOURS. 



The following Saturday they met at 

 Swarkestone Bridge, and drew Gorstey Leys, 

 where they found a fox, which must have 

 slipped away unobserved, and they chopped 

 another — 'Scent very bad. Found again at 

 the Heath — scent wretched ; could do nothing. 

 Another fox at hand in Repton Shrubs ; 

 quickly away on good terras, with quite a 

 change in the scent, to Hartshorn Village, 

 and without the semblance of a check, bear- 

 ing to the left, reached Southwood, where 

 the hounds divided, and I reluctantly bid 

 them adieu. 



These hounds possess many important 

 qualities to an eminent degree. For chase 

 they carry a wonderful head, yet they turn 

 remarkably quick on the line of their fox, 

 and they are very stout. It is evident that 

 in breeding them great attention has been 

 devoted to working properties, and more so 

 than to superficial appearances. 



