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Cabourn there is a considerable proportion 

 of hill, exceedingly punishing for horses 

 when there is a scent in wet seasons. The 

 soil is light, nearly all arable, and in rainy 

 weather it is extremely deep. Drew Eoth- 

 well Gorse and found a fox that required 

 very little pressing to induce him to break, 

 and the hounds ran him at a telling pace 

 fifteen minutes, when a temporary check 

 occurred, and while trying to recover the 

 scent the fox ran among the hounds in a 

 most unaccountable manner, and was killed ; 

 whether it was the hunted fox or a fresh 

 one I cannot determine. Proceeded to draw 

 Badger Hills, from whence a fox went away 

 at an extraordinary pace, and Lady Yar- 

 borough, having a very good start, saw this 

 run in perfection. It was, however, but of 

 short duration; a check occurred, and one, 

 if not a brace, of fresh foxes crossing the 

 line, took the hounds to the plantations by 

 the Swiss Cottage, where they divided, and 

 after persevering upwards of an hour they 

 were stopped and taken home. 



I felt but one cause for regret in con- 

 nection with my visit to Brocklesby, and 

 'that was at being obliged to leave. I never 



