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ran into him, and his obsequies being per- 

 formed with due solemnity afforded the pedes- 

 trians, at least as many of them as were 

 able to congregate on the spot, an oppor- 

 tunity of witnessing the sporting ceremony 

 — an event which will afford them an in- 

 teresting reminiscence by impressing data 

 on their memories of the time when their 

 difficulties were diminishing. Having thus 

 gratified his Coventry field, Mr. Baker's 

 attentions were devoted to other duties, ihe 

 legitimate sport of the day, and due consider- 

 ation for the farmers in the immediate vicinity. 

 Such an immense crowd of footpeople could 

 not fail to occasion incalculable damage to the 

 fences, trampling them down in a most 

 destructive manner, and to have further per- 

 mitted such devastation would have been 

 unjustifiable. A long trot to the Chase 

 Woods was therefore determined upon. No 

 sooner were the hounds in covert than their 

 welcome notes proclaimed a fox *' at home;" 

 away quickly through Haseley Hill to the 

 Blackhill Wood, quitting which he ran a ring 

 nearly to Honily, back to Haseley, through 

 the Chase Woods, and away for Wakefield, 

 when he turned to the left for Fernhill, and 



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