66 THE TEINITY FOOT BEAGLES 



Cambridgeshire Hunt country. We then found a hare, and after 

 running her 1 hour and 30 minutes, whipped off in the dark. 



On Oct. 30, met Currey and the beagles at Coton, Charlie 

 Thompson riding, as he was lame ; found a hare on the hill, ran 

 slowly for over an hour with a very poor scent and killed ; only two 

 other men out with us. 



On Nov. 6, met Currey and Thompson witli the beagles at Merton 

 Arms, drew at Histon ; found and ran our hare fast at first, then 

 very slowly, and she laid up ; after some time managed to put her 

 up again, and ran into her in a hundred yards ; time from find to 

 kill, 55 minutes. 



Nov. 9, met the beagles at Barton, ran for 25 minutes and killed. 

 Found again, ran fast for 50 minutes and whipped off in small 

 covert at Coton. 



Nov. 16, met beagles at Hardwicke ; drew for a long time without 

 finding, but eventually finding, we ran for 50 minutes, and killed at 

 Barton. Thompson was hunting the hounds on a pony, Muggeridge 

 junior whipped in to him. 



Nov. 18, met the beagles at Coton ; did not find till 4 p.m., then 

 ran for about 15 minutes and lost. 



Nov. 20, found at Histon in some asparagus beds ; ran several 

 rings round there, then nearly into Chesterton, and whipped off in 

 the dark ; after running about 2 hours, on a bad scent, she laid up 

 several times. 



Nov. 25, met the beagles at Swavesey ; after a long draw, found 

 a hare, ran to Longstanton very fast, but had to whip oft', as we got 

 among a lot of fresh hares. Walked home. 



Nov. 30, met the beagles at Fulbourne Station; only Currey and 

 four of us turned out ; did not find ; walked home. 



During the Christmas vacation I took my old pack, the Lydiard 

 Beagles, and had good sport with tliem in the Pewsey Vale, Wiltshire, 

 thus keeping in good running condition. 



Feb. 8, 1870, met the beagles at Fulbourne Station, Charlie 

 Thompson hunting them; only W. H. Kodwell, H. C. Howard, of 

 Trinity, and Alexander, who after helped me to whip in, were out. 

 Found at once ; ran very slowly at first, then getting a view at her 



